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2. Flag of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The first official flag resembling the "Stars and Stripes" was the Continental Navy ensign (often referred to as the Continental Union Flag, first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) used between 1775 and 1777. It consisted of 13 red-and-white stripes, with the British Union Flag in the canton.

3. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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   Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima ( Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗[citation needed][relevant?], Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki, lit. 'The Stars and Stripes on Iōtō') is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.

4. List of flag bearers for the United States at the Olympics

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   Native American Ojibwe Taffy Abel was the first person to represent the United States at the Winter Olympics when he was chosen to carry the flag at the inaugural Games in Chamonix in 1924. Abel has been the only Native American flag bearer in the Winter or Summer Olympics. [ 2] Rafer Johnson became the first African American to serve as the ...

5. All-American Flag Act to require federal government to ... - AOL

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   U.S. flags flown over federal buildings, draped over coffins of fallen soldiers to be 100% made in America under All-American Flag Act. All-American Flag Act to require federal government to buy U ...

6. Timeline of the flag of the United States - Wikipedia

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   1963 – American Flag placed on top of Mount Everest in the Himalayas in Nepal, by Barry Bishop. 1968 – Adoption of Federal Flag Desecration Law (18 U.S.C. 700 et seq.) – Congress approved the first federal flag desecration law in the wake of a highly publicized Central Park flag burning incident in New York City in protest of the Vietnam War.

7. Flags as big as football fields: The story of giant American ...

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   The flag’s first major appearance at an NFL game came at Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. (The then-Los Angeles Raiders beat Washington, 38-9.) There, Superflag unfurled a 95-by-160-foot flag that ...