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A tots ens ha meravellat el quadre del pintor Frank Salisbury que ha penjat al seu despatx de la casa blanca el president Obama, en ell podem veure el president Truman al despatx oval amb una bandera amb 5 barres bermelles sobre fons daurat com la senyera…
És la bandera del President dels Estat Units.
N'he trobat la història amb un inici confús amb diferents versions per al president i per la Navy (amb l'àliga agafant l'escut o no), fins que el president Roosevelt va decidir que només hi havia d'haver un sol escut oficial i va escollir, per a l'escut presidencial, la versió de la NAVY amb els seus colors que són els nostres. Eisenhower va cambiar pel blanc el color de fons abans daurat-groc de Truman i Roosevelt (el de les fotografies), per fer-ho compatible amb la "starred strapped banner".
"...but its early history remains obscure..."
"...but its early history remains obscure..."
“...President Roosevelt decided that there should only be one official flag for the president and chose the Navy's version. On November 12, 1901, Roosevelt's secretary sent out a letter with the decision, saying it was primarily because the Navy flag was older.[2] While the Army later updated its regulations to use the Navy design for its flag, they retained their own definition of the presidential color, so its design lived on and was still used in many situations.[25]..."
Per a ells es "obscure", per a nosaltres claríssim... En Xevi des dels EUA ens va enviar fa un any un imeil amb la seva troballa: "l'escut de la US Navy amb els colors de la senyera"
No fa molt van venir autoritats americanes i li van dedicar un monument al seu pare Jordi Farragut a Ciutadella.
Els Ferragut a USA sempre varen firmar Farragut per qué sonés amb l'"e" oberta de "Ferragut" en català, sinó els anglesos l'haurien pronunciat "Firragut"…
L'altre dia esmorzant al MHC, l'hi vaig explicar aquest tema a un doctor en història d'aquells que ho neguen tot (bé aquest almenys dialoga tot negant...) i em va dir:
Com vols que Ferragut que era anglès de naixement coneguès els colors de la senyera?
Jo vaig contestar que era la meva intuïció que per la llei de probabilitats de Chapman-Kolmogorov no podia ser una casualitat, i tot consultant la biografía de DAVID FARRAGUT (que us recopio més avall) escrita pel seu fill, podreu veure que Chapman no s'equivoca:
Com vols que Ferragut que era anglès de naixement coneguès els colors de la senyera?
Jo vaig contestar que era la meva intuïció que per la llei de probabilitats de Chapman-Kolmogorov no podia ser una casualitat, i tot consultant la biografía de DAVID FARRAGUT (que us recopio més avall) escrita pel seu fill, podreu veure que Chapman no s'equivoca:
LA MEVA PREGUNTA (AMB UNA RESPOSTA ÒBVIA):
Com voleu que un home que funda la US Navy i que guarda a la seva Biblia els preciats records que veieu sobre els seus origens no els tingui en compte a l'hora de triar els colors de l'escut de l'Armada que ell ha fundat? (els he resumit, el llibre es prodiga molt en el seu viatje a Mahó) .
DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT (by his son)
HIS ANCESTORS.
(això ho explica el seu fill)
"On the blank leaf of a Bible in the possession of the family
of Admiral Farragut appears the following record, written in a
bold and legible hand :
" My Son : Your father George Farragut was born in the
island of Minorca in the Mediterranean in 1755 the 29th of
september in Civdadella and came away from that Island the
3rd day of April 1772 and came to America in March 1776.
Your mother Elizabeth Shine was born in North Carolina
Deths Co. near Kingston on the Neuse River in 1765 on the
7th of June. Her father John Shine and mother Ellenor
McIven
This is corroborated by an entry in the books of the ecclesi-
astical coort of Ciudadella, which, being translated, reads as
follows :
"To. 155. George Farragut son of Anthony Farragut
and Joana Mesquida was haptized on the 30th of September
1755. The godfather Don Joseph de Vigo ; godmother the
noble lady Donia -Juana Martorell. The name of the child,
George Anthony Magin. He was born on the 29th of the
aforesaid month and year."
George Farragut was descended from the renowned Don
Pedro Ferragut, who served under James I., King of Aragon,
styled in history El Conquistador, in the campaigns which re-
sulted in the expulsion of the Moors from Majorca in 1229, and
from Valencia in 1238. In Majorca Don Pedro was Sergeant
before the King and office of high honor and importance, held
only by those of noble blood. James bestowed estates upon
the knights who accompanied him in these enterprises, and di-
rected the troubadoor Mossen Jaime Febrer to celebrate them
in verse. The following is the stanza devoted to Pedro Ferragut:
Sobre camp bermell una ferradura
de finisim or, ab un clau daurat,
Pere Ferragut pinta, e ab tal figura
esplica lo agnom. La historia asegura
d'arago es, de Jaca baixat.
Apres que en Mallorca servi de sargent,
tenint a Valencia, hon gran renom guanya
De expert capità per lo dilitgent;
Los anys, e sucesos lo feren prudent.
Té en lo pelear gran cordura i manya,
Perque a totes armes fàcilment se apanya"
DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT (by his son)
HIS ANCESTORS.
(això ho explica el seu fill)
"On the blank leaf of a Bible in the possession of the family
of Admiral Farragut appears the following record, written in a
bold and legible hand :
" My Son : Your father George Farragut was born in the
island of Minorca in the Mediterranean in 1755 the 29th of
september in Civdadella and came away from that Island the
3rd day of April 1772 and came to America in March 1776.
Your mother Elizabeth Shine was born in North Carolina
Deths Co. near Kingston on the Neuse River in 1765 on the
7th of June. Her father John Shine and mother Ellenor
McIven
This is corroborated by an entry in the books of the ecclesi-
astical coort of Ciudadella, which, being translated, reads as
follows :
"To. 155. George Farragut son of Anthony Farragut
and Joana Mesquida was haptized on the 30th of September
1755. The godfather Don Joseph de Vigo ; godmother the
noble lady Donia -Juana Martorell. The name of the child,
George Anthony Magin. He was born on the 29th of the
aforesaid month and year."
George Farragut was descended from the renowned Don
Pedro Ferragut, who served under James I., King of Aragon,
styled in history El Conquistador, in the campaigns which re-
sulted in the expulsion of the Moors from Majorca in 1229, and
from Valencia in 1238. In Majorca Don Pedro was Sergeant
before the King and office of high honor and importance, held
only by those of noble blood. James bestowed estates upon
the knights who accompanied him in these enterprises, and di-
rected the troubadoor Mossen Jaime Febrer to celebrate them
in verse. The following is the stanza devoted to Pedro Ferragut:
Sobre camp bermell una ferradura
de finisim or, ab un clau daurat,
Pere Ferragut pinta, e ab tal figura
esplica lo agnom. La historia asegura
d'arago es, de Jaca baixat.
Apres que en Mallorca servi de sargent,
tenint a Valencia, hon gran renom guanya
De expert capità per lo dilitgent;
Los anys, e sucesos lo feren prudent.
Té en lo pelear gran cordura i manya,
Perque a totes armes fàcilment se apanya"
