The Grand Union Flag, also known as the Congress flag, the First Navy Ensign, the Cambridge Flag, and the Continental Colors, is considered to be the first national flag of the United States. Flags of the United States The Flag of the United States of America consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of Red (top and bottom alternating This flag consisted of 13 red and white stripes with the British Union Flag of the time (prior to the inclusion of St. Patrick's cross of Ireland) in the canton. The Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Saint Patrick's Flag (Cros Phádraig is a flag of Ireland that features in the Flag of the United Kingdom. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The design and description of Flags typically uses specialised flag terminology' with precise and technical meanings and is hence a form of Jargon.
The flag was first flown on December 3, 1775 by John Paul Jones (then a Continental Navy lieutenant) on the ship Alfred in Philadelphia (see [1]). Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Paul Jones ( &ndash) was America's first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War. As Black Prince Black Prince was built at Philadelphia in 1774 The Alfred flag has been credited to Margaret Manny[1]. Margaret Manny was a Milliner in colonial Philadelphia who made flags for the United States during the American Revolution. It was used by the American Continental forces as a naval ensign and garrison flag in 1776 and early 1777. It is widely believed that the flag was raised by George Washington's army on New Year's Day 1776 at Prospect Hill in Charlestown (now part of Somerville), near his headquarters at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and that the flag was interpreted by British observers as a sign of surrender (Preble 1880, p. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Charlestown is a part of the city of Boston, Massachusetts located on a peninsula north of Boston proper Somerville (pronunciation ˈsʌmərvɪl is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, just north of Boston. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. 218). Recent scholarship disputes this traditional account, concluding that the flag raised at Prospect Hill was most likely a British union flag (Ansoff 2006). The Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Flag Act of 1777 authorized as the official national flag a design similar to that of the Grand Union, with thirteen stars (representing the original thirteen U.S. states) on a field of blue replacing the British Union flag in the canton. The Flag Acts are the three laws which define the design of the Flag of the United States. The Thirteen Colonies were part of what became known as British America, a name that was used by Great Britain until the Treaty of Paris (1783 recognized the The overlap of crosses in the canton was symbolic of two kingdoms, England and Scotland; this practice of displaying the equal components called states in America, was adopted in the form of stars, suggesting universalism, aside from the rather limiting usage to be had from continually adding crosses, no crosses being distinctly representative per colony-cum-commonwealth/state (unlike St. George for England, St. Andrew for Scotland and, later St. Patrick for Ireland).
Today the Grand Union flag is often included as the "first flag" in displays of U. S. flag history, such as on the backdrop of Presidential inaugurations.
References
- ^ Leepson, 51
- Ansoff, Peter. (2006). The Flag on Prospect Hill. Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, 13, 77–100, ISSN 1071-0043, LCCN 94-220. An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication. The Library of Congress Control Number or LCCN is a serially based system of numbering cataloging records in the Library of Congress in the United
- Fawcett, Charles. (1937). Mariners Mirror, October. The STRIPED FLAG of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, and its CONNEXION with the AMERICAN "STARS and STRIPES"
- Hamilton, Schuyler. (1853). History of the National Flag of the United States of America
- Leepson, Marc Flag: An American Biography 2004. ISBN 0-312-32308-5
- Preble, George Henry. (1880). History of the Flag of the United States of America
- Grand Union Flag at Flags of the World
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