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  2. 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.

  3. The Flag on Prospect Hill debate - Wikipedia

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    e. According to tradition, the first flag of the United States, the Grand Union Flag ("Continental Colours"), was raised by General George Washington at Prospect Hill in Somerville, Massachusetts, on 1 January 1776, in an attempt to raise the morale of the men of the Continental Army. There was a 76-foot liberty pole situated on Prospect Hill ...

  4. Grand Union Flag - Wikipedia

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    Grand Union Flag. A British Union flag, with thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, in the field. 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 ...

  5. Flag Day is Friday: Here's the symbolism and history behind ...

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    An earlier version of the American flag's current design was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, though the date wouldn't be celebrated until a hundred years later.

  6. 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.

  7. Ensign of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Adopted. June 14, 1777 (13-star version) July 4, 1960 (50-star version) Design. Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 50 white stars on a blue field. Designed by. Unknown, possibly Francis Hopkinson. The ensign of the United States is the flag of the United States when worn as an ensign (a type of maritime flag ...

  8. Star-Spangled Banner (flag) - Wikipedia

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    Star Spangled Banner flag on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, c. 1964. The Star-Spangled Banner, or the Great Garrison Flag, was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812.

  9. 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, Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki) 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. Taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945, the photograph was ...

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