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The flag of Great Britain, commonly known as King's Colours, the first Union Flag, the Union Jack, or the British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally from 1707 to 1801. It was the first flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It is the precursor to the Union Jack of 1801.
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- 1801
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- First Flag Resolution 1777
- Betsy Ross Flag
- George Washington’s Headquarters Flag
- Hopkinson Flag
- Brandywine Flag 1777
- Bennington Flag 1777
- Green Mountain Boys Flag
- Fort Mercer Flag 1777
- Fort Mifflin Garrison Flag 1777
- Texel Or Serapis Flag 1779
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed a resolution adopting an official flag for the Colonial forces. It contained no drawings or illustrations of what the flag should look like, just these words. This led to a wide interpretation by those sewing flags; although hundreds of flags were made, no two were exactly alike.
According to tradition, in June of 1776, Betsy Ross, who was a widow struggling to run her own upholstery business sewed the first flag. Upholsterers in Colonial America not only worked on furniture, but did all manner of sewing work, which for some included making flags. According to the legend, General Washington, Robert Morris, and John Ross sho...
This flag has been widely called the “personal” flag of George Washington and reportedly made as a headquarters flag in 1777. According to this tradition he used this flag throughout the whole Revolutionary War. Unfortunately, there has been no proven connection that this flag ever belonged to, or was used by, General Washington. Today, a modern re...
Many give credit for the design of the first Official “Stars and Stripes” to Francis Hopkinson, a Congressman from New Jersey, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. His reported design had the thirteen stars arranged in a “staggered” pattern. Although there is no original example or drawing remaining of this flag, we do have the bill he ga...
An interesting bit of erroneous research done on this flag in 1931 resulted in it being mistakenly tied to the wrong Robert Wilson and to the 7th Pennsylvania Militia Regiment, although no actual connection between this flag and the Pennsylvania’s regiment existed. Recent research by flag scholar John Hartvigsen indicates that this flag was actuall...
According to tradition this flag flew over the military stores in Bennington, Vermont, on August 16, 1777. There, the American militia, led by Colonel John Stark, defeated a large British raiding force led by British General John Burgoyne in order to protect military supplies at Bennington. The battle was won when Ethan Allen and Seth Warner, who l...
Ethan Allen and his cousin Seth Warner came from a part of the New Hampshire land grant that eventual became the modern State of Vermont. They commanded a New Hampshire and Vermont militia brigade known as the “Green Mountain Boys.” A notable victory of the Green Mountain Boys occurred on the morning of May 10, 1775, when they silently invaded the ...
In 1777, two forts were constructed on the Delaware river. One was Fort Mercer on the New Jersey side, and the other was Fort Mifflin on the Pennsylvania side opposite Fort Mercer. So long as the Americans held both forts, the British army in Philadelphia could not communicate with the outside world or be resupplied. General William Howe, the comma...
The Fort Mifflin Flag was originally a Continental Navy Jack. The defenders of Fort Mifflin borrowed the flag because the navy was operating in the vicinity of the Delaware River forts and it was the only flag the soldiers of the fort could get. During the 5-day siege of Fort Mifflin, the flag remained flying, despite the largest bombardment in Nor...
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones lost his first ship, the USS Bon-Homme Richard, in battle with the British frigate HMS Serapis. As the Bon-Homme Richard sunk, he boarded and captured the Serapis, then sailed the badly damaged prize ship into the Dutch harbor of Texel, where it eventually was turned over to the French. The British Ambassador ...
The historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories refers to the various flags that were used across the various Dominions, Crown colonies, protectorates, and territories which made up the British Empire and overseas territories.
18 de abr. de 2024 · The earliest form of the flag of Great Britain, developed in 1606 and used during the reigns of James I (1603–25) and Charles I (1625–49), displayed the red cross of England superimposed on the white cross of Scotland, with the blue field of the latter.
2 de abr. de 2017 · The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Jack has been in existence since 1606, when England and Scotland merged, but changed to its current form in 1801 when Ireland joined the United Kingdom.
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8 de feb. de 2024 · English: The pre-1801 Union Flag (of w:United Kingdom of Great Britain). العربية: (1606-1800) علم بريطانيا العظمى Español: Bandera de Gran Bretaña (1606-1800)
22 de jul. de 2014 · The most striking detail of the interesting events in 1227 and 1242—one that has hitherto escaped attention—is the fact that in the Republic of Genoa, one of the earliest States to adopt a national flag, two forms of that flag existed side by side; one containing a representation of the patron saint (vexillum Beati Georgii) flown ...
