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- Continental Union Flag - Wikipedia
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
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“Grand Old Union Flag” or Continental Colors 1775 According to legend, one day in 1775, General Washington approached Rebecca Flower Young, a Philadelphia pennant and colors maker, and asked her to make a flag for use by the troops
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The Continental Union flag, popularly known as the “Grand Union” today was raised over the flagship of the Continental Navy on December 3, 1775 by John Paul Jones and over General George Washington’s encampment in Massachusetts on January 1, 1776
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A Continental Union Flag B Bedford Flag C Gadsden Flag Fact: The Continental Union Flag, used from 1775 to 1777, was the first flag of the United Colonies Also known as the Grand Union Flag, it combined the British Union flag with 13 stripes, each representing one of the original colonies
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The first distinctive American Flag indicating a union of the colonies was known as the Grand Union Flag, the Great Union Flag, the Continental Flag, or the Cambridge Flag It was flown for the first time, January 1, 1776, by troops of the Continental Army around Boston
- The Grand Union Flag – NH Sons of the American Revolution
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
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Grand Union or Continental Colors or Flag of the United Colonies-December 1775 As 1775 drew to a close, British colonists in the 13 American colonies were divided Some believed separation from Britain to be the only way to guarantee their rights
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The Continental Union Flag, often called the Grand Union Flag, intriguingly incorporated the British Union Jack in its canton with alternating red and white stripes This design choice reflects the complex relationship between the colonies and Britain at the war's outset
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The Grand Union Flag was a fixture in key moments of early American history, flown in battles and aboard naval vessels like the Continental Navy's warship Alfred This is also how the Grand Union Flag gained many of its nicknames
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The Grand Union Flag is also known as the Continental Colors Like the modern-day American flag, it features red, white and blue More specifically, it features white, “Old Glory Red” and “Old Glory Blue ”
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