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buy tea only from the BEIC. This is what angered the colonists and led to the Boston Tea Party when the colonists boarded BEIC ships and threw Historians are uncertain who made the first Grand Union Flag or who chose it to represent the united colonies. There are however, a few possibilities:• Margaret Manny, a Philadelphia seamstress has

Federal Yachts Ensign Act of 1848 ~ P.L. 30-141" (PDF). 9 Stat. 274 ~ House Bill 178. Legis★Works. August 7, 1848. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2015 . Retrieved July 5, 2017. It is not known for certain when or by whom the design of the Continental Colours was created, but the flag could easily be produced by sewing white stripes onto the British Red Ensigns. [8] The "Alfred" flag has been credited to Margaret Manny. [12] Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774–1789, vol.2, University of Virginia Library, September–December 1775, archived from the original on 2011-01-12 In the Sliders episode Prince of Wails, set in a reality where the American Revolution was successfully suppressed, it serves as the flag of the British States of America, a heavily taxed and dictatorially-governed corner of the British Empire. The body of the flag consisted of thirteen red and white alternating stripes. These stripes represented the thirteen original colonies.

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documentary evidence of James Wharton, a Philadelphia merchant, supplying Margaret with material to create flags for the Alfred, with the bill being charged to the Alfred's account on December 2, 1775. This is probably when the Grand Union Flag hoisted by John Paul Jones a b Naval History & Heritage Command (April 10, 2001). "Frequently Asked Questions: Commissioning Pennant". The " Grand Union Flag", or the " Continental Colours", also known as the " Congress Flag", the " Cambridge Flag", and the " First Navy Ensign", was the first official national flag of the United States of America. [1] First hoisted on December 3, 1775 by naval officer John Paul Jones, the flag was used heavily by the Second Continental Congress of the United States, and by George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during American Revolutionary War. [2] Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Lynch and Benjamin Harrison, all members of the Continental Congress were appointed to a committee to help George Washington

Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 50 white stars on a blue field DeLear, Byron (2014). "Revisiting the Flag at Prospect Hill: Grand Union or Just British?" (PDF). Raven: A Journal of Vexillology. 21: 19–70. doi: 10.5840/raven2014213. In the 19th century the ensigns were quite large; the biggest ensign in 1870 measured 19 by 36 feet (5.8 by 11.0m). By the early 20th century, as warships took on distinctive forms and could no longer be easily mistaken for merchantmen at a distance, ensigns began to shrink and today are a fraction of their earlier size — the largest ensign for daily use on ships is now 5 by 9.5 feet (1.5 by 2.9m). [6] Orchard, Chris (30 December 2013). "Research upholds traditional Prospect Hill flag story". Patch . Retrieved 3 July 2020.

First foreign salute to the Grand Union Flag

Not to be confused with the Union Flag, which is the flag of the United Kingdom, or the Flag of the East India Company. The Continental Colours

As the official British flag, the British Red Ensign Flag was the first flag of the American colonies, since they were in fact British colonies. The Grand Union Flag was easy for the colonists to make. All they had to do was take an already existing British Red Ensign, which would have been easily obtainable as it was the official flag of the colonies, and sew 6 strips of white cloth to it. As the first commonly flown flag by the Continental Army and Navy, the Grand Union Flag was the flag of the united colonies on July 4, 1776 when they declared their DeLear, Byron (2014). "Revisiting the Flag at Prospect Hill: Grand Union or Just British?" (PDF). Raven: A Journal of Vexillology. 21: 54. doi: 10.5840/raven2014213. On December 3rd of that year, it was raised aboard Captain Esek Hopkin's flagship Alfredby John Paul Jones, who at that time was a young lieutenant in the Navy.YACHTING ENSIGN". New York Yacht Club. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016 . Retrieved July 25, 2016. A modification of the national flag and ensign but with a fouled anchor in a circle of thirteen stars in the canton, was created by Act of Congress in August 1848 as a flag to be used by licensed U.S. yachts. [11] [12] The design was recommended by the New York Yacht Club in 1849. [13] Yachts eligible for the license were initially 20 net tons and over (later reduced to 15 net tons) and otherwise eligible to be enrolled as a U.S. vessel; the license allowed the yacht to proceed from port to port without the formality of clearing customs. The 1848 act used the word 'signal' to describe the flag that a licensed yacht would use to identify herself, and use of this flag was required by all licensed yachts ("All such licensed yachts shall use a signal of the form, size, and colors prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy."). The Secretary of the Navy approved a modification of "the American Ensign" as the signal, and Treasury Decision No. 2727 (March 24, 1876) issued by the Treasury Department confirmed that the flag was to be used as an ensign ("Licensed yachts are required by law to use the American ensign prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy."), and its use as an ensign was reiterated in Treasury Decision 9426 of June 11, 1889 (referring to the "yacht ensign"). While formally licensed yachts were legally required to fly this modification of the national ensign, unlicensed U.S. yachts also started flying this flag as their ensign, too, and eventually the U.S. Navy confirmed that it recognized this practice for all U.S. yachts. In 1939, the Secretary of the Navy approved the ruling of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy "...that a ship of the Navy should return a dip made by a yacht flying the yacht ensign and that the yacht ensign may properly be made the object of a hand salute to be rendered on boarding or leaving a yacht." with the colonial attitude for them to raise a version of the "Rebellious Stripes" as their official flag. The fact is that no one knows for sure who created the Grand Union Flag or who authorized its use. It is often considered to be the First American Flag because of its This flag was flown as the unofficial American flag until June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress authorized the Stars and Stripes.