Flag of the United States
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The national flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in
Oil painting depicting the 39 historical U.S. flags
Our Banner in the Sky (1861) by Frederic Edwin Church
Flower wreath placed by Joe Biden at the John McCain Memorial Marker in Hanoi, designed with the three colors of the national flag.
An American flag on the U.S. embassy in Warsaw during a German air raid in September 1939.
Betsy Ross flag
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The Betsy Ross flag is an early design for the flag of the United States that first appeared in a painting of George Washington at Trenton by John Trumbull. This flag had red stripes outermost and sta
Flag of the United States
…One arrangement features 13 five-pointed stars arranged in a circle, with the stars arranged pointing outwards from the circle (as opposed to up), the Betsy Ross flag. Experts have dated the earliest known example of this flag to be 1792 in a painting by John Trumbull. Despite the 1777 resolution, the early years of…
The Betsy Ross flag flying outside San Francisco City Hall, in San Francisco, California
Poster for 1917 film Betsy Ross
The Betsy Ross House with the flag flying out front
Betsy Ross 1777, a ca. 1920 depiction by artist Jean Leon Gerome Ferris of Ross showing Gen. George Washington (seated, left), Robert Morris and George Ross how she cut the revised five-pointed stars for the flag.