The 50 Star US Flag since 1960
The American Flag represents the United States of America and has progressed through many designs. Each official design represented the change in the number of states in the union.
Our Current Flag is composed of 7 Red and 6 White Stripes, 50 Stars on a field of Blue.
Early Flags
St. George Cross
The St. George Cross was carried to the New World by most of the early English explorers.
TEXTPOPPER: King's Colors
The "King's Colors" was the flag raised by the Jamestown
settlers in 1607. Its design combined the St. George cross with the Scottish cross.
LINK: Continental
The Continental Flag was used by American forces at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775.
Gadsen
The Gadsen flag was flown early in 1776 by the Commander-in-chief of the Continental Fleet.
Grand Union
The Grand Union was unofficially the first national flag of the United States. It was first flown in 1776.
Betsy Ross
The Betsy Ross was the first official United States flag, declared so by Congress on June 14, 1777. It is called the Betsy Ross because the seamstress is supposed to have sewed the first one.
Bennington
The Bennington was flown over the military stores at Bennington, Vermont, the location of an important victory of the colonists over a British raiding force.
British Red Ensign
The British Red Ensign was the flag that Cornwallis surrendered under at Yorktown in 1781.
