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Some Historical Flags of North America
French
'Fleur-de-Lis' Flag of New France, mid-1600s.
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Grand
Union Flag of 1775, AKA Continental Colours.
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This is the continental flag in use on July 4, 1776.
The US Embassy in Sweden keeps changing their web page names so,
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Gen.
Washington's Headquarter Flag 1775, 6 points.
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Notice the crossing-patterns in the Grand Union and the Kings
Colours flags. The KC became the British Union Jack after St Patrick's cross was added.
1st Navy Stars & Stripes, USS Ranger Apr 24, 1778.
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Capt.
John Paul Jones' USS Ranger Flag with Stripes. First Flag to be Recognized
by a Foreign Power on April 24, 1778.
The Flag of 1777 with the Kings Colours Flag superimposed on it to show the
postulated pattern of the star evolution used by Francis Hopkinson in designing the documented first official flag.
The flag in use on July 4, 1776 was the Grand Union Flag which can also be seen in this
image simply be removing the stars. Remove the stripes and the stars and you have the
Kings Colours flag.
Paint all the stripes red and remove the stars, and you get the British Red Ensign flag.
Original 1777 Flag of the American Revolution, FIRST OFFICIAL FLAG
of the USA.
The 5 pointed star pattern is a variation of the DOCUMENTED 6 pointed star pattern designed by Francis
Hopkinson for the Navy. Francis was a patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Unfortunately
he couldn't even get a flask of wine to pay for his design. Most first flags flew on naval ships, not land.
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Take the Washington Headquarters Flag Pattern and paste it onto the
13-star-5-pointed-flag's UNION and you get the Francis Hopkinson Flag with
6 pointed stars numbering 13 stars.
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This alternate 5 pointed star 4-5-4 flag design pattern was possibly in use from just after 1776 to
1795. 8 pointed stars were more likely.
The next flag shows that nobody knew how to make the first flag.
Serapis Flag design, 4-5-4.
Could this be the actual flag used by colonist before and after 1777?
Interesting sites about the REAL first 13 star flag of the US.
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to go to Francis Hopkinson's Flag versus Betsy Ross Story.
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to go to the Grand Union Flag of 1775.
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to go to Washington's Flag of 1775.
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to go to the First Flag of the US.
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to go to the Francois Hopkinson Flag Story.
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to go to the Betsy Ross Flag of ????.
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to go to the Betsy Ross affidavits of 1870 and 1871. No that's not 1770.
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to see Dave Martucci's flag image research and many images he gathered.
Evolution of our flag from St. Andrew's Cross, St. George's Cross, the British Kings
Colours, the British Red Ensign, the Continental Colours (Grand Union), the First 1777 Official Flag
of the USA, the Star Spangled Banner (SSB) with 15 stars, and finally the 50 star flag of today that still
contains the 1777 star pattern and the traces of the Kings Colours crossing pattern.
(The number of stripes was held constant at 13 except in the SSB flag.)
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