The two upper flags of this group represent those used at Bunker Hill
July 18, 1775, and bore these inscriptions: On one side, “An Appeal to
Heaven,” and on the other, “Qui Transtulit Sustinet”—He who transported
will sustain.
These were beautiful flags, and research shows that both colors were
used.
Trumbull gives the red in his celebrated painting in the capitol at
Washington, and other authentic accounts show that the blue flag was
carried also—the color being the only difference in the two.