The Grand Union Flag
The first flag of the colonists to have a resemblance to the current Stars and Stripes was the Grand Union Flag, sometimes called color Congress, the first Navy Ensign and the flag of Cambridge. The design consisted of 13 bands, alternating red and white, representing the Thirteen Colonies, with a blue box in the upper left corner with the red cross of St. George in England with the white cross of St. Andrew of Scotland. As the Revolution flag has been used several times. It was first flown by the ships of the Colonial Fleet on the Delaware River. On December 3, 1775, he was raised on board the flagship of Captain Alfred Eséka Hopkin by John Paul Jones, then a lieutenant in the Navy. Later, the flag was hoisted at the Liberty Pole in Prospect Hill, which was near George Washington's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
It was our unofficial national flag July 4, 1776, Independence Day, and remained the unofficial national flag of the Navy ensign to June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress authorizes the Stars and Stripes.
Interestingly, the Grand Union flag was also the standard British Company of the West Indies. It is only by degrees that the Union flag of Great Britain was ruled out. The final break between the colonies and Great Britain led to the abolition of the British Union Flag in the canton of our striped and replacing the stars on a blue background.
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| The Grand Union Flag |
The first flag of the colonists to have a resemblance to the current Stars and Stripes was the Grand Union Flag, sometimes called color Congress, the first Navy Ensign and the flag of Cambridge. The design consisted of 13 bands, alternating red and white, representing the Thirteen Colonies, with a blue box in the upper left corner with the red cross of St. George in England with the white cross of St. Andrew of Scotland. As the Revolution flag has been used several times. It was first flown by the ships of the Colonial Fleet on the Delaware River. On December 3, 1775, he was raised on board the flagship of Captain Alfred Eséka Hopkin by John Paul Jones, then a lieutenant in the Navy. Later, the flag was hoisted at the Liberty Pole in Prospect Hill, which was near George Washington's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
It was our unofficial national flag July 4, 1776, Independence Day, and remained the unofficial national flag of the Navy ensign to June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress authorizes the Stars and Stripes.
Interestingly, the Grand Union flag was also the standard British Company of the West Indies. It is only by degrees that the Union flag of Great Britain was ruled out. The final break between the colonies and Great Britain led to the abolition of the British Union Flag in the canton of our striped and replacing the stars on a blue background.
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