Front:
DEVELOPMENT of the AMERICAN FLAG
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TAUNTON FLAG- 1774
One of the Earliest Embiems
of the Revolution.
GADSDEN FLAG-1775
Flag Borne on the Main Mast
of the Mayflower.
Commodore Esek Hopkins' Ensign
used in
First Fleet Command.
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CAMBRIDGE FLAG, FIRST NAVY ENSIGN
1775-1776
Haisted by John Paui Jones, December 3,
1775 and by General Washington,
January 2, 1776.
SOUTH CAROLINA NAVY ENSIGN - 1775
FIRST NAVY JACK - 1775
A Flag adopted by the Southern Colony
early in the Revolution.
Heisted on the Main Mast by
Commander-in-Chief Esek Hopkins,
December 3, 1775.
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RHODE ISLAND FLAG - 1776
"STAR SPANGLED BANNER'"- 1814
FIRST STARS AND STRIPES
United Emblem of Independence said
to have been originated by George
Washington following Act of Congress
of June 14, 1777.
Carried at Brandywine, Trenton and
Yorktown.
The Emblem of inspiration of Our National
Anthem, 1814. Flag of Victory over
Barbary Pirates 1803 to 1805.
15 Stars and 15 Stripes.
Back:
The development of the American flag fol.
lowed a regular pattern. The 13 stripes were
evolved to represent the 13 Colonies.
There was no idea of separation from Great
Britain, so the British Jack was put in the
corner. When the Committee was appointed
to select an American flag, they naturally
took the 13 stripes, and Rhode Island already
had put the 13 stars in the jack of their flag.
It was planned to add both stars and stripes
as States were admitted, but this was found
impractical, and after the War of 1812, we
went back to the original 13 stripes but added
a star for each state.
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