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1863 – Flag with 35 stars (West Virginia, western counties withdrew from seceded Virginia) 1865 – Flag with 36 stars ; 1867 – Flag with 37 stars ; 1869 – First flag on a U.S. postage stamp; 1876 – Flag with 38 stars ; 1889 – Flag with 39 stars that never was.
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.
A U.S. flag was first raised atop Mount Suribachi soon after the mountaintop was captured at around 10:30 a.m. on February 23, 1945. [9] Raising the First Flag on Iwo Jima by SSgt. Louis R. Lowery, USMC, is the most widely circulated photograph of the first flag flown on Mt. Suribachi. [citation needed]
The Continental Union Flag (often referred to as the first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) was the flag of the United Colonies from 1775 to 1776, and the de facto flag of the United States until 1777, when the 13 star flag was adopted by the Continental Congress . The Continental Union Flag was so called because it combined ...
Flag of the United States: 1908 – 1912: Flag of the United States: 1912 – 1959: Flag of the United States: 1959 – 1960: Flag of the United States: 1810: Flag of the Republic of West Florida: 1958 – 1962: Flag of the West Indies Federation: 1841 – 1848: Flag of the Republic of Yucatán
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
See also: Flags of the U.S. states and territories A 2.00 m × 1.70 m oil painting showing historical US flags. This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships. National flags Main article ...
First official salute to the flag on board the U.S. warship Andrew Doria in a foreign port, at St. Eustatius in the West Indies, on November 16, 1776. The Grand Union Flag, referred to as the "Flag of America," was the de facto naval ensign of the United States until June 14, 1777, when the 13 star flag was adopted by Congress.