Jul 4, 2012 · From its unofficial beginning as the Continental Colors or Grand Union flag to the long serving 50-star American Flag, Americans have been on a quest to protect, preserve and serve the flag. Today the flag flies everywhere from classrooms to …

Jan 3, 2011 · States and their dates of admission are shown in bold red. Starting in 1819, the updated flag becomes legal on the Fourth of July following the date of admission. American ships in New England waters flew a "Liberty Tree" flag in 1775. It shows a green pine tree on a white background, with the words, "An Appeal to Heaven."

This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships.

Nov 19, 2023 · SVG historical national flags of the United States; Blue, red, white flags of the United States; Flags with more than twenty stars; Flags of the American Civil War; Flags with red and white stripes; Flags with thirteen horizontal stripes; Flags with stars, canton; Flags with white five-pointed stars

English: U.S. flag with 34 stars. In use from 4 July 1861 to 3 July 1863. Created by jacobolus using Adobe Illustrator, and released into the public domain.

Jun 28, 2024 · During the 1860s, the American flag was characterized by a blue canton with 34 white stars in the upper left quadrant and thirteen equally positioned stripes, 7 red and 6 white. This flag, known as the United States National 34-Star flag, was adopted in January 1861 to commemorate the admission of Kansas as the 34th state.

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Variations on the American flag were popular with supporters of all four of the candidates for president in 1860. The Lincoln supporters who created this flag believed their candidate’s portrait alone was enough to carry his message. The flag was printed on …

Fort Sumter Flag-1860 On April 14th, 1865, General Robert Anderson raised a 33-star American Flag over the ruins of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. It was the same Flag he lowered four years earlier, to the day, at the beginning of the Civil War.