3d NEW YORK REGIMENT

The original 1778-1779 standard of this regiment is at the Albany Institute of History and Art.

Two figures of women ("Justice", blindfolded with a sword and scales and "Liberty" with a liberty pole and cap) are flanked by a central circular seal which pictures a rising sun with human face denoting America.  An elaborate scrolls encircles across the top of the emblem.  A lower scroll upon which the figures atnd has bears the motto: "EXCELSIOR".