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American Samoa: 1858 1873 1879 1887 1900 1908 1912 1959 1960 American Samoa: Guam: 1885 1898 1908 1912 1941 1944 1947 1948 Guam: Northern Mariana Islands: 1885 1899 1914 1919 1944 1947 1965 1972 1976 1989 Northern Mariana Islands: Puerto Rico: 1506 1701 1760 1785 1873 1895 1952 Puerto Rico: Virgin Islands: 1672 1917 1921 Virgin Islands ...
The flag is the only current flag in the world modeled after and resembling the American flag, as Liberia is the only nation in the world that was founded, colonized, established, and controlled by settlers who were free people of color and formerly enslaved people from the United States and the Caribbean aided and supported by the American ...
See also: Flags of the U.S. states and territories A 2.00 m × 1.70 m oil painting showing historical US flags. This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States of America, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships. National flags ...
The Michigan Capitol Flag Collection, housed in the Michigan History Center in Lansing, holds 240 battle flags, most from the Civil War. “They were exposed to the elements; they’re on the ...
Before the Civil War, President James Buchanan took a weak position amid a looming South secession crisis. [1] Secretary of State Lewis Cass of Michigan, a 78-year-old elder statesman who had been Michigan's U.S. senator and governor of Michigan Territory, resigned from Buchanan's cabinet in protest, remarking that "he had seen the Constitution born and now feared he was seeing it die".
State of War: Michigan in World War II (U of Michigan Press, 1979) online; Dunbar, Willis F. (1969). All Aboard! A History of Railroads in Michigan. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans. OCLC 54650. Fine, Sidney. Expanding The Frontiers of Civil Rights": Michigan, 1948–1968 (2000) Fine, Sidney. Frank Murphy (3 vols. 1975–1984) online ...
The image of Buzz Aldrin on the moon with an American flag is one of the most iconic photos in American history. The U.S. planted the first flag on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
The Peabody flag is 12×6 feet. [2] In June 2006, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (NMAH) loaned the Roland flag to the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville for an eight-month exhibit entitled "Old Glory: An American Treasure Comes Home". [7] The flag was in fragile condition and had to be carefully shipped and displayed. [4]