First Navy Stars & Stripes 13 Star Flags, made in the USA

FIRST NAVY STARS & STRIPES 13 STAR FLAG
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Historic First Navy Stars & Stripes flags are USA made.
200 denier nylon, finished with heading and brass grommets.

The Stars and Stripes is the first offical flag of the United States, flown 1777-1795.

First Navy Stars & Stripes Desktop Flag
4"x6" soft nylon, miniature flags mounted on a 10" black staff
with golden spear point

Desktop Flag Stands / Bases - for 4"x6" desktop flags
# 1-7 hole black plastic, #10 & 12 hole wood

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
First Navy Stars and Stripes outdoor nylon flags: USA made of nylon flag material with appliquéd / sewn stars and sewn stripes. Nylon flags are offered stock in 3x5 ft. Allow 1-2 weeks on larger 4x6 ft and 5x8 ft. sizes.

Outdoor flags are finished with a canvas heading and two brass grommets on the hoist side, 2 rows of stitching top and bottom sides and 4 rows of stitching on the fly side. They are attached to the flagpole by means of a halyard (rope) and flag snaps, or to smaller poles with flag fasteners.

First Navy Stars and Stripes desktop flags are made in the United States. Size is 4 x 6 inch, lightweight nylon material, hemmed all four sides, mounted on 10” black staffs with a golden spear point. Table top bases are available in black plastic to display from 1- 7 flags. Wood bases are available with either 10 holes or 12 holes to display additional flags.

FLAG DESCRIPTION / HISTORY OF THE STARS and STRIPES
The First Navy Stars and Stripes is a 13 star American flag flown from 1777-1795 and the first official U.S. flag. The Stars and Stripes is the result of a resolution adopted by the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia on June 14, 1777. The resolution read: "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation."

The resolution gave no instruction as to how many points the stars should have, nor how the stars should be arranged on the blue union. Consequently, some flags had stars scattered on the blue field without any specific design, some arranged the stars in rows, and some in a circle.

The first Navy Stars and Stripes had the stars arranged in staggered formation in alternate rows of threes and twos on a blue field. Other Stars and Stripes flags had stars arranged in alternate rows of four, five and four. Some stars had six points while others had eight. Strong evidence indicates that Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was responsible for the stars in the U.S. flag. At the time that the flag resolution was adopted, Hopkinson was the Chairman of the Continental Navy Board's Middle Department. Hopkinson also helped design other devices for the Government including the Great Seal of the United States. (ref; publications.gov, The History of the Stars and Stripes

On 4 July 1777, the first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Captain John Paul Jones hoisted the stars and stripes flag on board his own command, the Continental Navy ship Ranger, then in Boston Harbor fitting out for a cruise against the enemies of the Scottish born Jones’s adopted country.

On 14 February 1778, seven months after first hoisting the stars and stripes aboard Ranger, Jones exchanged salutes with a French fleet’s flagship in Quiberon Bay, France. On 6 February the French king had secretly signed treaties of commerce and of alliance with the United States. The exchange of salutes in Quiberon Bay was the first official public act of recognition of the flag of the United States as an independent nation by another sovereign country. (ref; navalhistory.org, John Paul Jones Hoists First Stars and Stripes Flag 4 July 1777)

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FIRST NAVY STARS & STRIPES 13 STAR FLAG Buy First Navy Stars & Stripes historic American flags & desktop flags Order all First Navy Stars & Stripes flags from the pull down menu below.
Order Menu Historic First Navy Stars & Stripes flags are USA made. 200 denier nylon, finished with heading and brass grommets. The Stars and Stripes is the first offical flag of the United States, flown 1777-1795.
First Navy Stars & Stripes Desktop Flag 4"x6" soft nylon, miniature flags mounted on a 10" black staff with golden spear point
Desktop Flag Stands / Bases - for 4"x6" desktop flags # 1-7 hole black plastic, #10 & 12 hole wood
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS First Navy Stars and Stripes outdoor nylon flags: USA made of nylon flag material with appliquéd / sewn stars and sewn stripes. Nylon flags are offered stock in 3x5 ft. Allow 1-2 weeks on larger 4x6 ft and 5x8 ft. sizes. Outdoor flags are finished with a canvas heading and two brass grommets on the hoist side, 2 rows of stitching top and bottom sides and 4 rows of stitching on the fly side. They are attached to the flagpole by means of a halyard (rope) and flag snaps, or to smaller poles with flag fasteners. First Navy Stars and Stripes desktop flags are made in the United States. Size is 4 x 6 inch, lightweight nylon material, hemmed all four sides, mounted on 10” black staffs with a golden spear point. Table top bases are available in black plastic to display from 1- 7 flags. Wood bases are available with either 10 holes or 12 holes to display additional flags. FLAG DESCRIPTION / HISTORY OF THE STARS and STRIPES The First Navy Stars and Stripes is a 13 star American flag flown from 1777-1795 and the first official U.S. flag. The Stars and Stripes is the result of a resolution adopted by the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia on June 14, 1777. The resolution read: "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation." The resolution gave no instruction as to how many points the stars should have, nor how the stars should be arranged on the blue union. Consequently, some flags had stars scattered on the blue field without any specific design, some arranged the stars in rows, and some in a circle. The first Navy Stars and Stripes had the stars arranged in staggered formation in alternate rows of threes and twos on a blue field. Other Stars and Stripes flags had stars arranged in alternate rows of four, five and four. Some stars had six points while others had eight. Strong evidence indicates that Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was responsible for the stars in the U.S. flag. At the time that the flag resolution was adopted, Hopkinson was the Chairman of the Continental Navy Board's Middle Department. Hopkinson also helped design other devices for the Government including the Great Seal of the United States. (ref; publications.gov, The History of the Stars and Stripes On 4 July 1777, the first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Captain John Paul Jones hoisted the stars and stripes flag on board his own command, the Continental Navy ship Ranger, then in Boston Harbor fitting out for a cruise against the enemies of the Scottish born Jones’s adopted country. On 14 February 1778, seven months after first hoisting the stars and stripes aboard Ranger, Jones exchanged salutes with a French fleet’s flagship in Quiberon Bay, France. On 6 February the French king had secretly signed treaties of commerce and of alliance with the United States. The exchange of salutes in Quiberon Bay was the first official public act of recognition of the flag of the United States as an independent nation by another sovereign country. (ref; navalhistory.org, John Paul Jones Hoists First Stars and Stripes Flag 4 July 1777)
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