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Origins of the flag and its evolving symbols
A historical sketch traces how the Stars and Stripes emerged from earlier banners. It links the flag’s roots to St George’s cross and the Union Jack, then traces influences from Dutch and English flags, the pine tree and rattlesnake emblems, and finally the 1777 flag resolution. It notes evolving star arrangements and the 1818 1912 reforms shaping the modern flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Congress
United States
North American
St. George's Crass
Oneland
Giovanni Cabot
John Cabot
England
North America
John Smith
Jamestown
Plymouth Mass
Scotland
James
United Kingdoms
Jacques
Dutch West India Co
United States of Netherlands
Rotterdam
Inglish East India Company
Duotch
America
New World
Washington
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Newark
N. J
Lee
Manley
Massachusetts
Hopkins
Nancy
Rhode Island
Brandywine
Trenton
Elgnt
Henry Moster
New York
Yorktown
Yale University Press
Vermont
Kentucky
United States Marines
John Paul Jones
United Colonies
Congress
Grand Union
Marine Committee
Newburyport
Mass
Massachusetts Council
Thiadelphia
Marion
Trench Guides
Curpenter
Georgia Rangers
Journal of Congress
Navy
Marine Committees
John Faul Jones
Ranzer
Jones
Pew
Europe
U. S
Samuel Chester Reid
Congressional Comlitee
John Rogers
Navy Commissioners
Navy Department
Army
Taft