Navy lieutenant John Paul Jones hoists the Continental Colors, also called the Grand Union Flag, aboard the warship ... is adopted by the young Continental Army less than a month later, amid ...

On this day in 1777, an American flag flew in battle for the first time. This occurred during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware. Gen. William Maxwell, commanding a Patriot ...

The "Stars and Stripes" was based on the "Grand Union" flag, a banner carried by the Continental Army in 1776 that also consisted of 13 red and white stripes. Flag Day was first celebrated around ...

The flag was based on the Grand Union flag carried by the Continental Army in its fight against the British during the War of Independence, with its 13 stars and stripes representing the 13 ...

The stripes borrowed from the Grand Union flag of the Continental Army, which itself had been inspired by the stripes in the flag of the Sons of Liberty. The 13 stripes continue to pay tribute to ...

It's known as the "Continental Colors" or "Grand Union" flag ... Washington D.C. – a 51-star flag has already been designed by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry.

We had no represented government, no Army ... Grand Union Flag and the Betsy Ross Flag as a timeline to this country's past and how the nation's flag came to be. "On June 14th, 1775, the ...

The Continental Flag flew in New England during ... Considered to be America’s first flag, the Grand Union Flag flew for the first time atop Prospect Hill in Somerville. George Washington ...

On this day in 1777, an American flag flew in battle for the first time. This occurred during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge, Del. Gen. William Maxwell, commanding a Patriot ...