Do you want to know who had created the Flag of the United states or when was it made? The Flag was created on June 4th, 1777. Also,Francis Hopkinson Was the one who had made the U.S. Flag. This is now a celebration to where the flag is going to be celebrate. This is going to mean all of the symbols of the flag and what the flag does to protect us from what is happening.
Betsy Ross had done many things for the flag. People say she has also made the United States Flag. But she really didn't. This was just a legend but still got credit for helping or as they call sewing the flag. In May 1776 three members came home to Betsy Ross and had asked her to sew the first National Flag. Betsy Ross did many flags for many years. She had also made one
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In the 1960s congress had chartered the blue star mothers of America as veterans service organization. In the War World ll they practiced displaying the service flag and became more widespread. The service flag could be displayed to honor the members serving the armed forces during the war period. In 1966 the department of Defense that was revised the specifications for the design. I never knew there was a gold star on the service flag. The gold star was added to the service flag and had taken honor and is placed over the blue star. The service flag is the official banner authorized by the department of defense by the families or the members that are serving or in the armed forces.
There is a day that the flag gets older and older. So every year we celebrate a day called Flag Day. The flag day lands on the 4th of July. There is a lot of things that had happened in the past on flag day. On the 14th of June George Balach planned an appropriate ceremonie for everyone to join him. On the flag day in chicago there was over 300,00 kids and adults that participated in the celebration. The adults had also participated in the patriotic programs. Colonial dames of America adopted the resolution requesting the mayor of philadelphia on the 25th of April
Accordingly, at the end of 1861 the Army of Northern Virginia adopted a (square) battle flag based on a design that had initially been rejected for the First Confederate flag and was distinct from that of the United States flag: a red field with a white-bordered dark blue saltire, the latter again bearing white stars equal in number to the number of states in the Confederacy. This banner (which became known as the "Southern Cross") was also later used in its more familiar rectangular form as the battle flag of the Army of Tennessee, and (with a lighter blue saltire) as the Second Confederate Navy Jack from 1863
Betsy Ross 's birth name was Elizabeth Griscom. She was born on January 1, 1752, in a colonial city of Philadelphia. Her parents were Rebecca James Griscom and Samuel Griscom, they were both Quakers. Out of seventeen children, she was the eighth. Betsy, as a young girl, attended to a Quaker school.
In 1793 George Washington had gotten his first shipment of colors for the flag. From 1777 to 1960 congress has passed many acts that has made the shape design from the flag change. The designs have gone from multiple shapes the stars are put in to represent the states. Another way the flag design has changed is from the first one which didn’t have any starts it had a British
It makes me proud when I see the American flag flying in the sky, makes us honor our heroes and sports stars, and it makes us remember the people who fought for the independence of our country. The flag flies tall and proud in so many places across America, the world, and even on the moon. Today, one hundred fifty million flags that are sold per year. The American flag brings together Americans as one united nation. “The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country.
She wrote each state's secretary of state for information about how their state's flags had been designed and officially adopted. Her original design incorporated Missouri's coat of arms and was rendered as a painted paper flag by her
(South, North and the West). The four red stars on the flag represent the fort Dearborn, great Chicago fire, the world’s Columbian exposition and the century of progress exposition. Also, the Chicago flag has even become fashionable for people to wear on t-shirts, hats, and people even get tattoos with the symbol. It also hangs outside many government buildings and is plastered
About! I got my color guard flag July 2nd 2017. My flag has a white pole and a blue silk known as the flag part. All of the guard members has the same flag as I do. In our shows we will use different flags that matches the theme of the show.
The confederate flag was a sign of the confederate states and the fallen tributes in the war. The flag never ceased being the flag of the Confederate soldier and still today commands wide respect as a memorial to the Confederate soldier. African-American newspapers decried the flag’s popularity
This idea was created and promoted by James B. Upham insisted that we needed to instill a sense of nationalism in students at public schools. I remembered reading somewhere that the inclusion of the American Flag was actually an idea created by a company who manufactured flags, so this topic sparked my
The Confederate flag was widely used in the The American Civil War 1861–1865, by southern states. The civil war was based on the abolishment of slavery; a war in which the south lost. The confederacy believed that slavery was a constitutional right. It is my opinion the confederate flag love and displaying is based
The colors of the flag all having different meanings and represent freedom, pride, and justice. Many people only pay attention to the colors of the flag but forget about the stars and stripes, they have significant meanings also. The stripes represent the 13 colonies in the United States and the stars represent the 50 states. When the Founding Fathers were trying to put together a seal for the United States
The flag had fifteen stars and fifteen stripes. The flag is now smaller. It is now thirty feet tall and thirty-three feet wide. In 1818, they changed the flag so that there was a star for all the states and a stripe for the 13 original colonies. After the war of 1812 Major George Armistead took the flag home as a keepsake.
When you look back on American history, you see a long list of iconic battles that have shaped our history as a nation. One that stands apart from all other occurred on June 6th, 1944, D-Day. D-Day is marked by all Americans as a day of triumph, victory, and heroics. It took years of preparation and training to perfect what came to be a turning point in WWII. D-Day penetrated the western front and ultimately ended up being our most essential move to winning the second war of the world.
This loyalty was a significant characteristic of Southern Nationalism. The flag of the Confederacy was also another symbol of Southern Nationalism. “The Confederate government quickly became for the South, the successor to the federal government at Washington. A flag, the “ Stars and Bars,” was adopted for the new republic after a study by a committee that concluded that keeping the United States “Stars and Stripes” would be impractical and unpatriotic.” Southerners feared that white supremacy was in danger and feared slave rebellions.
This painting shows George Washington, then a general in the American Revolutionary War, crossing the Delaware River with his troops on the night of Dec. 25, 1776. The crossing immediately advanced Washington 's surprise attack on the Hessian forces in the Battle of Trenton. Although the painting portrays a historic part of the American Revolution, it was spuriously painted by Emanuel Leutze, an artist born in Germany. Moreover, where the original was actually painted.