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1 the American national flag.
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2 January 2, 1776 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

3 Flag. It consisted of 13 alternate red and white straps, equal to the number of states.

4 STATES!!! The original states were Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia.

5 June 14, 1777, “Flag Day” Congress substituted a similarly striped flag with 13 white stars on a blue field in the left-hand corner.

6 In 1794 with the admission of Vermont and Kentucky.

7 Today the USA flag has 13 horizontal stripes (7 red and 6 white) and 50 stars.

8 “Star-spangled banner”
The US flag is known as. “Old Glory” “Star and Stripes” “Star-spangled banner”

9 Francis Scott Key. Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light the star-spangled banner…

10 The us flag is the symbol of the American Revolution

11 Coat of arms. The coat of arms of the us represents an eagle with wings outspread, holding a bundle of roads-the symbol of administering-in the left claw and an olive twig-the emblem of love-in the right claw. The motto on the coat of arms is “E Pluribus Unum”.

12 The United states of American


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