The First American Flag Was Very British Looking

Here's a story that I read:




We are all familiar with the 50 stars and 13 stripes which, together, comprise the flag of the United States of America.  The United States adopted that flag, originally with 13 stars, on June 14, 1777.  But what did the fledgling nation — and its band revolutionaries — use beforehand?


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