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The flag gets its name from Samuel Forster, a First Lieutenant in the Manchester Company. He took possession of the flag, and his descendants passed it down until donating it to the American Flag Heritage Foundation in 1975, two hundred years later. [160] In April 2014, the foundation sold the flag at auction. [161] [162] Westmoreland Flag (1775?)
E pluribus unum included in the Great Seal of the United States, being one of the nation's mottos at the time of the seal's creation. E pluribus unum (/ iː ˈ p l ɜːr ɪ b ə s ˈ uː n ə m / ee PLUR-ib-əs OO-nəm, Classical Latin: [eː ˈpluːrɪbʊs ˈuːnʊ̃], Latin pronunciation: [e ˈpluribus ˈunum]) – Latin for "Out of many, one" [1] [2] (also translated as "One out of many" [3 ...
The stars and stripes are a symbol of our country's history and some iconic moments that have stood the test of time. One of the most recognizable moments in American history was the raising of ...
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, 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 Main article ...
The 24-star variant of the flag, which was the national flag at the time of Driver's voyage and the first US flag to be called 'Old Glory', a term Driver coined in 1831. [1] The flag in 1860 after it was sewn with ten more stars including an anchor. Captain William Driver was born on March 17, 1803, in Salem, Massachusetts. [2]
1963 – American Flag placed on top of Mount Everest in the Himalayas in Nepal, by Barry Bishop. 1968 – Adoption of Federal Flag Desecration Law (18 U.S.C. 700 et seq.) – Congress approved the first federal flag desecration law in the wake of a highly publicized Central Park flag burning incident in New York City in protest of the Vietnam War.
In 1776, our founding fathers established life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as the foundational principles of American society. That’s why we celebrate the day these rights were ...
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 ...