Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. In use 1775-76. The six cruisers of Gen. George Washington's Revolutionary War Navy flew this flag.
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Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. In use 1776. Colonists carried this flag at the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, and Yorktown.
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Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. The Bennington, or 76, flag was probably flown at the battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777.
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File Size: 37.21 MB

Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. First used 1775. This flag, designed by Capt. Abram Markoe, is believed to have been the first U.S. flag to contain 13 stripes.
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File Size: 21.89 MB

Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. Hoisted 1776-78, this was the personal rank flag of the first naval commander in chief, Commodore Esek Hopkins.
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Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. Made as early as 1660 and carried by minutemen from Bedford, Massachusetts, at the battle of Concord, April 19, 1775.
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File Size: 18.60 MB

Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. First used 1777. Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain patriots of Vermont carried this banner.
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File Size: 23.26 MB

Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. Made in 1780, the battle flag of Col. William Washington flew at the final battle of the Revolution at Eutaw Springs in 1781.
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File Size: 18.67 MB

Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. First raised Oct. 21, 1774, at Taunton, MA, this flag added the American watchwords 'Liberty and Union' to the Brit. Red Ensign.
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File Size: 27.91 MB

Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. In use 1776. This flag flew above Fort Moultrie (then Fort Sullivan) in Charleston during the famous battle of June 28, 1776.
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File Size: 27.91 MB

Caption: Historical flag of the United States of America. Betsy Ross Flag, 1776, an early American flag with 13 red and white stripes and 13 stars in a circle against a blue canton.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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File Size: 31.01 MB