Short History of the United States Flag - American Battlefield Trust
WEBNov 6, 2019 · The current flag of the United States is the twenty-seventh version of the national flag. When the Thirteen Colonies were seceding from the British, there became a necessity for a flag to symbolize the patriot cause and rally individuals for the Revolution.
The 13 Colonies: Map, Original States & Facts | HISTORY
WEBJun 17, 2010 · 13 Colonies Flag . During the Revolutionary War, a flag featuring thirteen alternating red and white stripes and thirteen five-pointed stars arranged in a circle was adopted.
Grand Union Flag - Wikipedia
WEBThe Continental Union Flag (often referred to as the first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) was the flag of the United Colonies from 1775 to 1776, and the de facto flag of the United States until 1777, when the 13 star flag was adopted by the Continental Congress.
The Original 13 States of the United States - ThoughtCo
WEBJun 9, 2022 · Today, the American flag prominently displays 13 horizontal red and white stripes representing the original thirteen colonies. Cite this Article. This article relates the history of how the original 13 British colonies in North America became the first 13 states of the United States of America.
The Mysterious Origins of the American Flag - HISTORY
WEBJun 13, 2012 · But on June 14, 1777, it took time from its schedule to pass a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white” and that “the union be 13 stars,...
Flag of the United States - Wikipedia
WEBThe militia unit was activated but was not involved in the day's fighting. This flag is historic because it is the oldest surviving flag depicting the 13 colonies. This flag may have been a British ensign flag that had its Union Jack removed and replaced with 13 white stripes before or after the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Flag Timeline - US History
WEBJan 3, 2011 · June 14 — Continental Congress adopts the following: Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Why does the flag have 13 stripes? - National Museum of American History
WEBThe 13 colonies worked together to fight the British. They won the War of Independence in 1783. The colonies became an independent country, called the United States of America. The 13 original colonies became the first states. The flag has 13 stripes to represent the 13 original colonies.
Grand Union Flag | Revolutionary War, Continental Army, 13 Colonies
WEBGrand Union Flag, American colonial banner first displayed by George Washington on Jan. 1, 1776. It showed the British Union Flag of 1606 in the canton. Its field consisted of seven red and six white alternated stripes representing the 13 colonies. The Stars and Stripes officially replaced it on.
Flag History & Evolution - National Flag Foundation
WEBAlthough still red, white, and blue, the Flag had thirteen stars and stripes to represent the original thirteen colonies of the United States. Since the United States’ independence, the national Flag has been revised twenty-seven different times.