On December 3, 1775, the flag of the 13 original Colonies is raised for the first time. Navy lieutenant John Paul Jones hoists the Continental Colors, also called the Grand Union Flag, aboard the ...

The film "America's Story: Our Country's Flag" features US Eagle narrating the history of the American flag. It discusses the flag's evolution from the Grand Union Flag during the Revolutionary War to ...

What country do you think of when you see this flag? -- How are all flags alike? -- Where did flags come from? -- What were the first American flags? -- What flags did the colonists fly? -- What was ...

HYRUM, Cache County — One Utah man has spent the past 50 years collecting different versions of the American flag, starting with the 13 colonies. From the oldest known American battle flag to the ...

The American flag is an impressive work of modern art. You can tell, because of its asymmetries, awkwardness and almost grating energies. It is very nearly ugly. Ugly in the best sense of the word, ...

Chronicles the career of the Alfred, a converted merchantman, that participated in the American Revolution Alfred, as one of the first ships of the Continental Navy of the United Colonies, as the ...