Grand Union Flag

Grand Union Flag

▪ historical United States flag
also called  Great Union Flag, or Cambridge Flag,  

      American colonial banner first displayed by George Washington on Jan. 1, 1776. It showed the British Union Flag of 1606 in the canton. Its field consisted of seven red and six white alternated stripes representing the 13 colonies. The Stars and Stripes officially replaced it on June 14, 1777.

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