He just picked that 250-year-old flag at random! Total coincidence!
Really?
Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/another-far-flag-flown-outside-020427918.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANLCysXwa91PxjgWF2DT8k31ihYY6ZB1KnsJJtjSOd9IBzxyRUEQFjTnQXnEEDBgpHVfHBEj8xcGb-ORxH073ImjzNHq_soILl3Uu