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See the Colorful Flags That the Patriots Unfurled as They Fought in the American Revolution

During the American Revolution—and before the United States standardized its familiar stars and stripes—the patriots carried hundreds of different flags. Decorated with classical figures, animals and ...
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The evolution of the American Revolution can be seen in these historic flags on display in Philadelphia

The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags of militias. An early version of the Flag of the United States of America ...
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The American flag [videorecording] : two centuries of concord & conflict / written, produced and directed by Phillip Koch ; co-produced by Sally Marschall

Early American flags -- Grand Luminary flags 1818 -- Politics and the flag 1840 -- Exclusionary flags 1851-1861 -- Civil War flags 1861-1865 -- Flags of General George Armstrong Custer -- Lincoln ...