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See the Colorful Flags That the Patriots Unfurled as They Fought in the American Revolution
During the American Revolution—and before the United States standardized its familiar stars and stripes—the patriots carried ...
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The Grand Union Flag, Free At Last, and Lighting Up Broadway…
amid rising tensions between Colonists and Great Britain. In 1777, Congress orders the creation of a flag featuring "stars in a new constellation"—the Stars and Stripes. 140 YEARS AGO ...