The flag, according to the caption, once flew above the Bonhomme Richard under Capt. John Paul Jones, who twice lived here in Portsmouth. I know that flag, I told myself. It’s the infamous ...

Laugh if you must, but I just added two more vintage postcards to my John Paul Jones collection ... a likely connection to the first American flag flown to Europe aboard the Portsmouth-built ...

John Paul Jones is best known as “the Father ... British ships in the Bahamas - where he had the honour of hoisting the first US flag on a military ship. Then in 1776 he was given command ...