First official salute to the American flag on board an American warship in a foreign port, 16 November 1776. Painting by Phillips Melville, depicting Continental Brig Andrew Doria receiving a salute from the Dutch fort at St. Eustatius, West Indies (Courtesy: Colonel Phillips Melville/Naval History and Heritage Command/United States Department of the Navy)

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