New Hampshire Revolutionary Order Heritage Flags

The flag above is the United New Hampshire Revolutionary Order Heritage Flag.  There are two types of stars: gold and silver-white.  The gold stars indicate New Hampshire's position as the 7th state with the first government, and the silver stars indicate her position as the 9th state with second government.  Oddly, most history books and the dominant memory of things prefer the second time around—most sites declare NH as the 9th state.

When the canton only has 7 gold stars it refers to New Hampshire's rank under the Articles of Confederation as the 7th state on March 4, 1778 during the heat of the Revolution.  Note the colour gold often indicates an older time period, as is the case with this example.

Nine white stars in the Canton refer to New Hampshire's position as the 9th state to ratify the 'do over' government of 1788—the US Constitution.

Consequently the hours of New Hampshire begins at 7:09.