was auopieu as me naona an Spangled Banner." Key was ret took a room at a Baltimore tave Years later, Key told a hometo "I saw the flag of my strength and pride of my plunder and desolation by preparation for its assaults. they advanced to the attack noise of the conflict fell that 'the brave and the fre The Joint Committee on Pri edition of Our Flag. This Cong the history of the flag, and sets appropriate to its display. The will be both useful and informat up ction costs of the O, there shall be ed in section 1 for ocated in the same EDGEMENT ng extends thanks and appreciaanizations that contributed their - be due, be given, not to me, not help doing, not to the he song!" -Francis Scott Key ppreciaed their ■ me, o the The resolution gave no in stars should have, nor how th union. Consequently, some field without any specific de and some in a circle. The fir arranged in staggered forma twos on a blue field. Other ranged in alternate rows of points while others had eight Strong evidence indicates a signer of the Declaration the stars in the U.S. flag. At adopted, Hopkinson was th Board's Middle Department devices for the Government States. For his services, Hop nental Admiralty Board ask public Wine will not be a p Labours of Fancy and a suita of a like Nature." His reques regarded him as a public serv War, several patriots made flags for our were Cornelia Bridges, Elizabeth (Betsy) all of Pennsylvania, and John Shaw of ugh Betsy Ross, the best known of these years, there is no proof that she made It is known that she made flags for the 1777. The flag popularly known as the arranged the stars in a circle, did not S. s were first brought to the attention of of her grandsons, William J. Canby. In a eeting of the Historical Society of Penn report from the lips of the principal par, directly told not to one or two, but a esses, of which I myself am one, though -" eard it. . . . Colonel Ross with Robert ngton, called on Mrs. Ross and told her Congress, and wanted her to make a flag one, which, upon her suggestions, was Ington in pencil in her back parlor. This on of Independence. I fix the date to be > Congress from New York in June, 1776 upon the affairs of the Army, the flag se affairs." flags for our abeth (Betsy) ohn Shaw of own of these hat she made flags for the known as the rcle, did not e attention of J. Canby. In a ciety of Penn principal paror two, but a n one, though s with Robert s and told her to make a flag uggestions, was ck parlor. This the date to be k in June, 1776 Army, the flag the The first flag of the colo present Stars and Stripes wa ferred to as the Congress C Cambridge Flag. Its design and white, representing the upper left-hand corner England with the white cros of the revolution it was used by the ships of the Colonial cember 3, 1775, it was raise ship Alfred by John Paul Jo flag was raised on the liberty George Washington's headqu was our unofficial national fl and it remained the unoffici until June 14, 1777, when th Stars and Stripes. Interestingly, the Grand U British East India Company. Flag of Great Britain was di Colonies and Great Britain 1 ish Union from the canton of stars on a blue field. |