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    The Continental Union Flag (often referred to as the first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) was the flag of the United Colonies from...
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    The Union Jack or Union Flag is the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Flag was also used as the official flag of several British...
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    flew the Company's flag, to endorse the Company. However, the theory that the Grand Union Flag was a direct descendant of the flag of the East India Company...
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    Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) used between 1775 and 1777. It consisted of 13 red-and-white stripes, with the British Union Flag in the canton...
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    features the Betsy Ross flag behind Independence Hall United States portal Cowpens flag Flag of the United States Grand Union Flag See external links for...
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    According to tradition, the first flag of the United States, the Grand Union Flag ("Continental Colours"), was raised by General George Washington at...
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  • ensemble Grand Union (dance group), a former New York dance group Grand Union (Firebird album), 2009 Grand Union (Frank Tovey album), 1991 Grand Union Flag, the...
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    flew the flag from the mainmast of the flagship as his personal banner. Alfred was also the first recorded ship to fly the Grand Union Flag, the first...
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    The flag of Europe or European flag consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It is the official flag of the European Union. It...
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    The flag of Australia features the Union Flag as a canton. The flag of Chile incorporates a blue canton bearing a white five-pointed star. The flag of...
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  • called the Flag of the European Union Flag of the Kalmar Union Flag of the Soviet Union Flag of the Union of South Africa Grand Union Flag, the first...
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    Liberty Flag Grand Union Flag Cowpens flag Bennington flag Betsy Ross flag Hulbert flag Brandywine flag Easton Flag Bedford Flag (1775) Bunker Hill flag Guilford...
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  • Brittany  Grand Ol' Flag, United States  Grand Union Flag, United States  Hinomaru 日の丸 ("Sun disc"), Japan (national flag and naval flag)  Hvítbláinn...
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    that the Grand Union Flag, from which the flag of the United States developed, was strongly influenced by either the British Red Ensign or the flag of the...
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    The Pine Tree Flag (or the An Appeal to Heaven Flag) was one of the flags used during the American Revolution. The flag, which featured a pine tree with...
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    is identical to the national flag of the United States (though originally was a design similar to the Grand Union Flag). All documented U.S. vessels...
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    national flag of Denmark in the first half of the 13th century. The same design, but with a red Nordic cross on a yellow background, was used as union flag during...
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    by the Soviet Union, and then by Nazi Germany (1941–1944). During the post-World War II Soviet occupation, from 1945 until 1988, the Flag of the Lithuanian...
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    Red Ensign (category Flags of the United Kingdom)
    Taunton flag and the George Rex flag. It also formed the basis of the Grand Union Flag of 1775, which served as the first American national flag, although...
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    foe. The monument flies the Grand Union Flag, the first American flag. On New Year's Day in 1776, Washington conducted a flag-raising ceremony to raise...
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  • History of Soviet Union The nation of Soviet Union has designed and used various flags throughout history. Listed in this article are flags — federal, administrative...
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    Seraphim, which has the monarch as its grand master. The monarch personally decides about the specific use of the royal flag. According to early modern legend...
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    government of India. The Viceroy's Union Flag banner, featuring the star emblem, was officially considered the "Flag of India," and the Red Ensign bearing...
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    British ensign (category Flags of the United Kingdom)
    the identifying flag flown to designate a British ship, either military or civilian. Such flags display the United Kingdom Union Flag in the canton (the...
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    Grand Union Flag to use as a unified flag for all of the states involved. Blue version Reverse Red version Reverse "American Revolutionary War Flags"...
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    Adopted in 1959 to supplement the Union Jack and to replace the flag of the Colony of Jamaica, it has been the flag of the Cayman Islands since the territory...
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    distinct regions of Tennessee. The flag included the number "16", Tennessee having been admitted as the 16th state of the Union, and the words "The Volunteer...
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    The flag of England is the national flag of England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is derived from Saint George's Cross (heraldic blazon:...
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    the Soviet Union, the use of the bicolor flag was banned, and it was replaced by the flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. This flag featured...
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    the first raising of the U.S. Flag, called the Grand Union Flag. Tradition claims that George Washington raised the flag on Prospect Hill on January 1...
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