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The Francis Hopkinson House is an historic home in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, where Francis Hopkinson and his wife Ann Borden lived from 1774 until his death in 1791. Francis Hopkinson designed the first official flag of the United States. He created a Stars and Stripes flag with seven white stripes and six red ones for the United States and a Stars and Stripes flag with seven red stripes and six white ones for the Navy (the basis for the current U.S. flag). Hopkinson was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He was also the first American-born composer of secular music. During the American Revolution, Hopkinson designed Continental currency, departmental seals, and most of the elements in the Great Seal of the United States. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania. The house was to be burned by the British in 1778, but was spared by a Hessian officer's appreciation of Hopkinson's library.〔(Bordentown tour )〕 It is currently a law office.〔(Flag Guys Hopkinson page )〕 ==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Hopkinson House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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