General George Washington and the Commanding Continental soldiers who besieged Boston called the Betsy Ross flag the Grand Union flag. The banner had 13 alternating stripes of red and white, and there is a British Union jack on the upper left corner.
Captain John Paul Jones raised the flag for the first time on the USN Alfred. The new flag was initially featured during battle one month later at Prospect Hill close to Cambridge by the troops who were besieging Boston, which was occupied by the British at the time.
There were two other early flags that were raised during the battle on Breed’s Hill. The fight was erroneously believed to have happened near Bunker Hill on June 17, 1776. One of these flags was blue while the other was red. The two flags showed the British Cross of St. George as well as a green pine tree.
The Congress Colors were featured for the first time at the Philadelphia State House when the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 2, 1776. The declaration was proclaimed on the steps of the same building after two days after the resolution was transcribed on a parchment by Thomas Jefferson. The French and Dutch seaports saluted the new flag to show that they adhere to the new government.
There were also other concepts about the Stars and Stripes. The same symbols also appeared on the flag of the British East India Company, the heraldic shield of Washington’s forefathers in Britain and the Rhode Island flag. The Old Glory as adopted as the Continental Congress’s main flag in Philadelphia on June 14, 1877.
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