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 FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

 

      

                   

              

 

      FLAGS THAT LEAD UP TO THE

    AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR 

                               

                                         BRITISH "UNION JACK

                                         UNDER ENGLISH RULE

 

                                 

                "              THE CROSS OF SAINT GEORGE

                             THE BREAKING AWAY FROM

                                  ENGISH RULE, THUS

                           FORMING THE CROSS OF SAINT

                                      CHRISTATINE.              

                                                                    

   

                      

    BRITISH RED                                           TAUNTON

    AN ATTEMPT TO QUELL                      THE DEMAND FOR LIBERTY

   THE REBELLION BY ENGLAND             AND UNION OF THE UNITED

                                                                 STATES FROM ENGLAND          

       

                           

     THE GRAND UNION                               THE SONS OF LIBERTY

     AN ATTEMPT AT BEING AN               THE ELIMINATION OF THE

     ENGLISH AMERICAN BRITISH               ENGLISH FLAG AND THE

     COLONY.                                                LEADING UP TO THE

                                                                   REVOLUTIONARY WAR.                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                               

                                                  PRESIDENT'S FLAG

                                        

                                         GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON's

                                   COMMANDER AND CHIEF FLAG  

                      

                                JOIN OR DIE

   BEN FRANKLIN'S CALL FOR THE INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND

 BY JOINING THE MALITIA WITH THE "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE

 BIRTH OF THE 13 COLONIES TO STATEHOOD FROM THE ENGLISH

 SNAKE THAT WAS TO BE CHOPPED INTO 13 DIFFERENT LITTLE

 PIECES.  OTHER VERSIONS OF THE CULPEPPER "RATTLESNAKE FLAG"

 STARTED SHOWING UP IN OUR NAVY AS A TYPE OF UNION JACK

 BATTLE FLAG. 

                                         

                                    THE CULPEPPER FLAG               

                              WITH NATHAN HALE'S FAMOUS

                              QUOTE, "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR 

                              GIVE ME DEATH." AND NOT TO 

                             TREAD ON US AMERICANS OR WE 

                             WILL BITE BACK (COILED

                             SNAKE.) 

                              

                                       GADSDEN CULPEPPER FLAG              

      

      CULPEPPER FLAG                                         SERAPIS 

                                                           A NAVY UNION JACK AS

                                                           A VERY EARLY VERSION OF

                                                           THE STARS AND STRIPES.

                                                            USED BY U.S. NAVY CAPTIAN

                                                            JOHN PAUL JONES WHO SAID,

                                                            "SIR, I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO

                                                             FIGHT."                                                                   

       

                                             

                                                GILFORD

                                       NORTH CAROLINA MILITIAMEN

                                       AT THE BATLE OF GILFORD. 

        

                    ANOTHER NAVY UNION JACK BATTLE FLAG

                    

         THE BATTLE OF                           FORT MOULTRY

         BUNKER HILL

                               

                                    EATHAN ALLEN

                                        AND HIS

                             GREEN RIVER MOUNTIAN

                                           BOYS

              

                                   VETERANS' EXEMPT FLAG

                            (VETERANS EXEMPT FROM TAXES)

       THE FIRST AND THE LAST VETERANS' RIGHTS FLAG, A PIECE

       A VERY OBSCURRED AND BURRIED U.S. HISTORY THAT OUR

       CONGRESS DOES NOT LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.  A NEAR ARMED

       REBELLION AGAINST THE BRAN NEW CONGRESS AND SENATE

       OVER THE TAXATION AND MISREPRESENTATION BY THE USE

       OF TAXATION WITH OUT REPRESENTATION OF GENERAL

       GEORGE WASHINGTON'S VETERANS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY

       WAR. THE VERY THING WASHINGTON'S ARMY FOUGHT AGAINST

       ENGLAND FOR OUR NEW CONGRESS AND SENATE WERE DOING

       THE SAME THING TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON'S ARMY

       VETERANS.

             APARENTLY THE NEW CONGRESS WAS TARGETING

       WASHINTON'S ARMY VETERANS FOR THEIR TAXES TO BE PAID

       UP IN GOLD OR GO TO PRISON, AND THEIR LAND WAS TO BE

       CONFICATED BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE BILL FOR

       THE RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WAS

       WAS CATASTROPHIC, AND WASHINGTON'S ARMY WAS THE ONLY

       GROUP OF CITIZENS AT THE TIME THAT USED A VALID SCRIPT,

       ALL OTHER CITIZENS AT THE TIME ON THE EASTERN COAST LINE

       WERE ON THE CLAM SHELL METHOD, AND FURTHER INLAND THE

       CITIZENS WERE USING THE BARTERING SYSTEM WAS THE

       REASON THE NEW CONGRESS WAS USING SUCH A HARCH

       METHOD ON ALL OF WASHINGTON'S VETERANS.

                SO WASHINGTON QUELLED THE REBELLION BY ASKING HIS

      ARMY TO SUPPORT HIM WITH THE VOTES TO GET HIM INTO

      OFFICE AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SO HE

      COULD CORRECT THIS PROBLEM FOR THE VETERANS OF HIS ARMY

      BY COMMING UP WITH A VALID MONITARY SCRIPT THAT WAS NOT

      GOING TO BE THE ENGLISH POUND OR THE SPANISH GOLD

      DOUBLOON SYSTEM, SO THE DOLLARS AND CENTS SYSTEM WAS

      DEVISED TO MAKE OUR TAXATION SYSTEM MORE FAIR

      TO EVERYONE. 

                                       

                                             BENNINGTON                             

                             

                                                13 STAR

                                          COLONIAL FLAG

                                           (BETSEY ROSS)

                                           JULY 4th 1776

                                   PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                George Washington (1789-1797)  

                          

                                         13 STAR FLAG  

                                       June  14th,   1777                                                      

                                 PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER            "

                               George Washington (1789-1797 

                                      13 ORIGINAL COLONIES                                         

                                                           

                                             15 STAR FLAG

                                            May 1st, 1795

                                   DURING THE WAR OF 1812.

                               THE "STARS SPANGLED BANNER'                                

                              INSPIRED "SIR" FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

                                             Francis Scott Key 

                              TO WRITE OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM  

 

 

 

 

 

                                  PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER                             

                               George Washington (1789-1797),

                                John Adams (1797-1801),

                               Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809),

                               James Madison (1809-1817),

                               and James Monroe (1817-1825).

                                STATE(S) ADMITED THE UNION

                               #14 Vermont 1791) #15Kentucky       

                                                 (1792)                             

                     

                                        20 STAR FLAG

                                      April 13th, 1818        

                                PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                James Monroe (1817-1825).

                                STATE(S) ADMITED THE UNION

                               #16Tennessee1796), #17Ohio           

                               1803), #18 Louisiana 1812),

                            #19  Indiana  1816, #20Mississippi

                                                   1817),

 

 

 

 

                        

                                           21 STAR FLAG

                                          July 4th,1819

                                PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                 James Monroe (1817-1825).

                              STATE(S) ADMITED THE UNION

                                       #21 Illinois1818

                      

                                       23 STAR FLAG

                                       July 4th, 1820

                               PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                               James Monroe (1817-1825).       

                             STATE(S) ADMITED  THE  UNION

                                      #22Alabama 1820

                                        #23Maine, 1820   

                              

                                               24 STAR FLAG

                                               July 4th,1822

                                    PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                     James Monroe (1817-1825),

                              John Quincy Adams (1825-1829),

                              and Andrew Jackson (18291837). 

                                STATE(S) ADMITED  THE  UNION

                                #24 Missouri  (August  10th, 1821 

                                                                                                               

                                           

      

                                         THE ALAMO FLAG

                    FEBRUARY 1836 - 13 DAYS - MARCH 1836.

             COL. TRAVIS, CONGRESSMAN, & COL. DAVY CROCKETT,

                                       & COL. JIM BOWIE

                        ALL DIED WITH THE 179 DEFENDERS

                                  "REMEMBER THE ALAMO!"  

                                                                  

                                         

                      

                                        25 STAR FLAG

                                       July 4th, 1836

                              PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                            Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

                            Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)

                          STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                         #25 Arkansas (June 15th, 1836)

                   

                                       26 STAR FLAG

                                     July 4th, 1836

                            PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER 

                         Martin Van Buren (1837-1841).

                         William Henry Harrison (1841),

                         John Tyler (1841-1845),

                         James Polk (1845-1849).

                     STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                      #26 Michigan (January 26th,1837

                      

                                                  27 STAR FLAG  

                                                July 4th, 1845 

                            PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER    

                              James Polk (1845-1849).

                              STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                                     #27  Florida

                               

                                                  28 STAR FLAG

                                           July 4th, 1846

                                  PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                    James Polk (1845-1849).

                              STATES ADMITED TO THE UNION

                              #28 Texas (December 29th, 1845

                            

                                           29 STAR FLAG

                                          July 4th, 1847

                                PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER     

                                  James Polk (1845-1849).

                            STATES ADMITED TO THE  UNION

                               Iowa (December 28th, 1846           

                           

                                                30 STAR FLAG

                                                July 4th, 1848

                                      PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                          James Polk (1845-1849),

                                        Zachary Taylor (1849-1850 

 #29            and             ,Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) 

                                    STATES ADMITED TO THE UNION

                                  STATES #30Wisconsin (May 29th, 1848  
                                                           
           

 

                       

                                             31 STAR FLAG   

                                      Flag on July 4th 1851

                                   PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER   

                                 Millard Fillmore (1850-1853),

                                 Franklin Pierce (1853-1857),  

                             and James Buchanan (1857-1861).

                               STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                          #31 California (September 9th, 1850)
  

                           

                                            32 STAR FLAG

                                           July 4th, 1858

                                 PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                James Buchanan (1857-1861).

                             STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                               #32 Minnesota (May 11, 1858

 

                        

                                              33 STAR FLAG

                                             July 4th, 1859

                                   PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER      

                                  James Buchanan (1857-1861)

                               and Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865).

                               STATES ADMITTEDTO THE UNION

                               #33 Oregon (February 14, 1859

                      

                                           34 STAR FLAG

                                           July 4th, 1861.

                               PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                              Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

                           STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                            #34 Kansas (January 29th, 1861

                     

                                   THE SONG OF THE UNION     

               

 

                                  

                                           FORT SUMTER FLAG 

                                              32 STAR FLAG

                                          (UNOFFICIAL FLAG)

(CAME UNDER ATTACK BY CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY AND NAVAL

BOMBARDMENT IN 1861 BY THE "C.S.A." THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF

AMERICA" MARKED THE BEGINING OF THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN

NORTH AND THE SOUTH OR THE BLUE AND THE GREY!)

                                  PRESIDENTS SERVED WITH 

                                  James Buchanan (1857-1861),

                                  Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865

                               STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                                               (NONE)

                      

                                                     1861

                   CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

                                   (C.S.A.)

                                      "THE STARS AND BARS"

                      (UNOFFICIAL AND UNAUTHORIZED FLAG)

                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                 PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                       JEFFERSON DAVIS 

                         STATES SUCCEEDED FROM THE UNION

        The seven stars represent the original Confederate States; South Carolina (December 20, 1860), Mississippi(January 9, 1861), Florida (January 10,1861), Alabama (January 11, 1861), Georgia (January 19, 1861), Louisiana (January 26, 1861), and Texas (February 1, 1861).

                              

                                         "THE STARS AND BARS"

                                

                                   CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG #1

                              

                                 CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG #3                        

                                               

                              CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG SHORT    

                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                              35 STAR FLAG 

                                             July 4th, 1863

                                  PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)  

                        

                                              APRIL 1865

                                           END 

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

                         and Andrew Johnson (1865-1869). 

                              STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION   

                              #35 West Virginia (June 20th, 1863 

                          

                                          36 STAR FLAG

                                      July 4th, 1865

                            PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                           Andrew Johnson (1865-1869).

                        STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                          #36 Nevada (October 31st, 1864

                  

                                      37 STAR FLAG

                                      July 4th 1867

                            PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                           Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) 

                         Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)   

                     and Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881 

                       STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                        #37 Nebraska (March 1st,1867 

                  

                                      38 STAR FLAG

                                       July 4th, 1877

                                   PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                         Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881

                              James A.  Garfield 1881 

                         Chester A. Arthur (18811885 

                         Grover Cleveland (1885-1889 

                         Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893

 

                      STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                       #38 Colorado (August 1st 1876

 

                      

                                          43 STAR FLAG   

                                           July 4th, 1890

                                PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                              Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893

                           STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                             North Dakota (the 39th State on

                             South Dakota (the 40th State

                              Montana (the 41st State 

                             on November 8th,1889),           

                             Washington (the 42nd State on

                             November 11th,1889,

                            Idaho(the 43rd State on July 3rd,

                            1890   

                   

                                       44 STAR FLAG

                                      July 4th, 1891  

                          PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                       Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893

                       Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) 

                       STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                        #44Wyoming (July 10, 1890

            

                     

                                         45 STAR FLAG       

                                        July 4th, 1896

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                   PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                  Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)

                                  William McKinley (1897-1901)

                                STATES THAT JOINED THE UNION 

                                 #45 Utah on January 4th, 1896

                            

                      

                                          46 STAR FLAG

                                          July 4,1908

                        PRESIDENTS THAT SERVED UNDER  

                        Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909

                        William H. Taft (1909-1913)

                        Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909). 

                        STATES THAT JOINED THE UNION

                         #46 Oklahoma (November 16, 1907

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   

                                       48 STAR FLAG   

                                       July 4,1912 

                            PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                William H. Taft (1909-1913),

                               Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921),

                              Warren Harding (1921-1923),

                              Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929),     

                              Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

                             Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945),

                              Harry S.Truman (1945-1953),

                             Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

                             STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                             #47New Mexico (January 6th, 1912)

                             #48Arizona (February 14, 1912

 

 

 

 

 

 

                          

                                              49 STAR FLAG

                                        January 3rd,1959

                                PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                      President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961

                           STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                      #49Alaska was formally granted statehood

                          placing the 49th star on our Flag on

                                      January 3rd,1959

 

          

                       

                                             50 STAR FLAG

                                           August 21, 1959

                               PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                             Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961),

                             John F. Kennedy (1961-1963),

                             Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969),

                             Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974),

                             Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977),

                             Jimmy Carter (1977-1981),

                             Ronald W. Reagan (1981-1989),

                             George Bush (1989-1993),

                             William J. Clinton (1993-2001),

                             George W. Bush (2001-2008),

                             Barack Obama (2008-present)

                          STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                             Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state on

                             August 21st, 1959. 

 

 

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