AZ FLAG Grand Union Flag 3' x 5' - USA - American flags 90 x 150 cm - Banner 3x5 ft

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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

The ensign of the United States is the flag of the United States when worn as an ensign (a type of maritime flag identifying nationality, usually flown from the stern of a ship or boat, or from an installation or facility of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard or the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration ashore). [1] International maritime law—see International Treaty on Law of the Sea, articles 91 and 92—provides that vessels have a "national character" and thus should display a flag (ensign) that corresponds to this national character, especially when in international or foreign waters. Vessels that are formally documented under the federal vessel documentation act, vessels owned by government bodies in the United States, and vessels in the U.S. military unquestionably have U.S. national character, and thus properly hoist a U.S. ensign to show their national character. Vessels that are numbered by the states (see 46 USC section 411) and small, non-registered craft owned by U.S. citizens and not registered in other countries may also hoist a U.S. ensign to show their national character. This flag was flown as the unofficial American flag until June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress authorized the Stars and Stripes. had the Grand Union Flag hoisted on Prospect Hill near his headquarters at Cambridge. This is why the 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 Fawcett, Charles (October 1937). "The Striped Flag of the East India Company, and its Connexion with the American 'Stars and Stripes' ". Mariner's Mirror.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. 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.

Boston. One popular legend has George Washington approaching Philadelphia flagmaker Rebecca Young some time in 1775 and asking her to make the flag that became known as the Grand Union Flag.Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Lynch and Benjamin Harrison, all members of the Continental Congress were appointed to a committee to help George Washington Ansoff, Peter (2006). "The Flag on Prospect Hill". Raven: A Journal of Vexillology. 13: 77–100. doi: 10.5840/raven2006134. ISSN 1071-0043. LCCN 94642220. YACHTING ENSIGN". New York Yacht Club. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016 . Retrieved July 25, 2016. Similar to the current U.S. flag, the Grand Union Flag has 13 alternating red and white stripes, representative of the Thirteen Colonies. The upper inner corner, or canton, features the flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain, of which the colonies were subjects.

Union Flag (1606–1801), in which are combined the white-on-blue Cross of St. Andrew (for Scotland) and the red-on-white Cross of St. George (for England). (more) schooner Royal Savage, which was part of Benedict Arnold's Lake Champlain flotilla. The evidence is a watercolor found in the papers of General Philip decided to fire off the guns of Fort Orange in salute to the Andrew Doria. This was the first salute to the United States flag by a foreign government. The first salute by a foreign power to the Stars and Stripes did not come until

Who created the Grand Union Flag?

Massachusetts and Maine are the only two states with their own maritime flags. These flags are not "ensigns" in the true sense of the word because they are not flags of national character, and are not used as such; instead, they are special versions of the state flag for use afloat. The state laws that create them do not use the term "ensign" to describe them, but use the term "flag". The Massachusetts law describes the flag as “The naval and maritime flag of the commonwealth,” Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 2, § 3, while Maine's state law says: “The flag to be known as the merchant and marine flag of the State shall be of white, at the top of which in blue letters shall be the motto “Dirigo”; beneath the motto shall be the representation of a pine tree in green color” Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 207. Although these flags are intended for use afloat, they are not ensigns and should not be called such.