The 28 Star Flag .    1846-1847

 It's after dark on July 5th, 1846 and our new flag is still flying. It should have been taken down at sunset, but folks around here are still recovering from yesterday's big Independence Day party. One Franklin resident, Otis T. Cornball, happens to glance up at the flag illuminated by the moonlight and remarks, "The stars at night are big and bright........" Yes, you guessed it! The 28th star commemorates the entrance of the great State of Texas into the Union on December 29, 1845.
   

 and in the State of Maine         or in Franklin    

 

In the United States and the world:

• James Polk is still president.
• The United States is winning the Mexican War . In August 1846 , we annex New Mexico and all the cacti and lizards that come with it.   
• Charlotte Bronte writes "Jane Eyre" and Emily Bronte writes "Wuthering Heights".
• The Mormons found Salt Lake City.
• Thomas Edison is born on February 11, 1847.
• Alexander Graham Bell is born on March 3, 1847.
  

In the State of Maine:

• Hugh J. Anderson is still Governor.

 In the Town of Franklin:

• Selectmen were:
• John West, Nathan A. Swan, and John G. Dyer (1846-1847)
  
• Joseph Scammon, Nathan A. Swan, and George W. Springer (1847-1848)
• If you were a rich man, yadda doobie, doobie, dooo....you could possibly have one of these coins: click on coin for larger picture