This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Real Story of the American Flag Evolution and Origins
This account traces the flag’s growth from medieval crosses to the Grand Union, the Cambridge flag, and the modern thirteen stars on blue. It covers British ensigns, colonial flags, the rattlesnake banner, Franklin’s defense, and the 1777 adoption with thirteen stripes and a circle of stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urban II
St. Andrew
America
Great Britain
Naval Reserve
New England
Massachusetts
Boston
Merchant Marine
England
Beaschusetts
South Carolina
Benjamin Franklin
South
Cambridge
Washington
Mass
Colonies
Petey Rosas
Continental Congress
United States
Union
Vermont
Kentucky
Congress