red ensign flag. adopted by the colonies as the first “national” flag

Red Ensign Flag

Red Ensign Flag

• • • Adopted by the Colonies as the first “national”

flag

Pine Tree Flag

Pine Tree Flag

• • Originally a symbol of New England, especially

Massachusetts

Sons of Liberty Flag

Sons of Liberty Flag

• • • Known to the British as the “Rebellious

Stripes”•

Green Mountain Flag

Green Mountain Flag

• • Used by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain

Boys•

Continental Flag

Continental Flag

• • New England Battle Flag• Carried at the Battle of Bunker Hill•

Bunker Hill Flag

Bunker Hill Flag

• • Flew over the American fortifications on

Breed’s Hill on June 17, 1775

Washington Squadron Flag

Washington Squadron Flag

• • • Pine Tree was used to show solidarity

between the North and South• Became Massachusetts’ navy flag in 1776

Washington’s Commander-in-Chief Flag

Washington’s Commander-in-Chief Flag

• • Personal flag of George Washington•

Culpepper Flag

Culpepper Flag

• • Used by Patrick Henry’s Virginia Regiment•

Grand Union Flag

Grand Union Flag

• • • First “American” flag to receive a salute from a

foreign official

First Navy Jack

First Navy Jack

• •

Gadsden Flag

Gadsden Flag

• • Named after Christopher Gadsden,

commander of the Continental Marines

Bennington Flag

Bennington Flag

• • Used by the Continental army that defeated

General Burgoyne in Bennington, VT• • The ‘76 is in honor of the Declaration of

Independence

“Betsy Ross” Flag

“Betsy Ross” Flag

• The Second Continental Congress passed the first Flag Resolution in 1777

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