A Tribute to Master Chief Petty Officer Bell of the United States Coast Guard on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Imperial Japanese war planes attacked the U.S. …
D-Day Anniversary – Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
A video commemorating the D-Day Anniversary This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that’s the way it’s going to be. We’re going down …
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Great Star Flag
Great Star Flag The American Flag That, from and after the first day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, the flag of the United States be fifteen stripes, alternate red and white, …
Cross of St George Flag – 1497
Cross of St George Flag: The Royal Ensign of Henry VII In 1497 John Cabot, a Venetian, unfurled in North America, probably at Labrador, the first English flag. Cabot and his three sons sailed from …
Bonnie Blue Flag – 1861
The Bonnie Blue Flag The Bonnie Blue Flag was an unofficial banner of the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. It consists of a single, five-pointed white …
Union Flag – 1606
Union Flag or King's Colors The flag of Great Britain, commonly known as the Union Flag, Union Jack or King's Colors, is a maritime flag of Great Britain that was used from 1606 to 1801. The design …
Eutaw Flag – 1780
History of the Eutaw Flag The origin of the battle flag of the cavalry troop commanded by Colonel William Augustine Washington, a distant relative of General Washington, is a romantic and interesting …
General Fremont Flag – 1841
General Fremont Flag History General John C. Fremont, who, at the head of an exploring expedition, had reached the Pacific coast early in 1846, in May received verbal orders from Washington to turn …
Taunton Flag – 1774
The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts, also known as the Taunton Flag and the Liberty and Union Flag, is the city flag of Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. The flag was first adopted in 1774 and has …
Bedford Flag − 18th Century
The Bedford Flag is the oldest known flag in the United States. Associated with the Minutemen of Bedford, Massachusetts and Battles of Lexington and Concord of 1775. The Bedford flag which is …
Columbus Flag − 1492
Brief History of the Columbus Flag The first banners planted upon the shores of the New World, of which there is any account, were those displayed by Columbus in 1492, when he landed upon the Island …
Philadelphia Light Horse Flag – 1774
The earliest and only suggestion of the stars as a device for the, American ensign prior to their adoption in 1777, I have been able to find, is contained in the Massachusetts Spy for March 10, 1774, …
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