U.S. VETERANS' NATIONAL HALL OF HONOR

HISTORICAL U.S. FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                 

                                                                                      

                  

                                              

                                 

                                         

                 U.S. FLAG HISTORY

       FLAGS THAT LEAD UP TO THE

    AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR 

              

                BRITISH "UNION JACK"             THE CROSS OF SAINT GEORGE

           UNDER ENGLISH RULE                THE BREAKING AWAY FROM

                                                                 ENGISH RULE, THUS

                                                                 FORMING THE CROSS OF SAINT

                                                                 CHRISTATINE.              

                                                                    

   

                      

    BRITISH RED                                      TAUNTON

    AN ATTEMPT TO QUELL                      THE DEMAND FOR LIBERTY

   THE REBELLION BY ENGLAND             AND UNION OF THE UNITED

                                                                 STATES FROM ENGLAND          

       

                           

     THE GRAND UNION                       THE SONS OF LIBERTY

     AN ATTEMPT AT BEING AN           THE ELIMINATION OF THE

     ENGLISH AMERICAN BRITISH      ENGLISH FLAG AND THE

     COLONY.                                         LEADING UP TO THE

                                                             REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                         

                                                        PRESIDENT'S FLAG

                                             

                                      GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON's

                           COMMANDER AND CHIEF FLAG                                                 

                      

                                JOIN OR DIE

   BEN FRANKLIN'S CALL FOR THE INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND

 BY JOINING THE MALITIA WITH THE "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE

 BIRTH OF THE 13 COLONIES TO STATEHOOD FROM THE ENGLISH

 SNAKE THAT WAS TO BE CHOPPED INTO 13 DIFFERENT LITTLE

 PIECES.  OTHER VERSIONS OF THE CULPEPPER "RATTLESNAKE FLAG"

 STARTED SHOWING UP IN OUR NAVY AS A TYPE OF UNION JACK

 BATTLE FLAG. 

                      

           THE CULPEPPER FLAG                GADSDEN CULPEPPER FLAG

    WITH NATHAN HALE'S FAMOUS

    QUOTE, "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR 

    GIVE ME DEATH." AND NOT TO 

    TREAD ON US AMERICANS OR WE 

    WILL BITE BACK (COILED

    SNAKE.)

               

              CULPEPPER FLAG                SERAPIS 

                                                           A NAVY UNION JACK AS

                                                           A VERY EARLY VERSION OF

                                                           THE STARS AND STRIPES.

                                                            USED BY U.S. NAVY CAPTIAN

                                                            JOHN PAUL JONES WHO SAID,

                                                            "SIR, I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO

                                                             FIGHT."                                                                   

       

                                             

                               GILFORD

                               NORTH CAROLINA MILITIAMEN

                               AT THE BATLE OF GILFORD. 

            

                    ANOTHER NAVY UNION JACK BATTLE FLAG

                    

         THE BATTLE OF                           FORT MOULTRY

         BUNKER HILL

                               

                                    EATHAN ALLEN

                                        AND HIS

                             GREEN RIVER MOUNTIAN

                                           BOYS

              

                                   VETERANS' EXEMPT FLAG

                            (VETERANS EXEMPT FROM TAXES)

       THE FIRST AND THE LAST VETERANS' RIGHTS FLAG, A PIECE

       A VERY OBSCURRED AND BURRIED U.S. HISTORY THAT OUR

       CONGRESS DOES NOT LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.  A NEAR ARMED

       REBELLION AGAINST THE BRAN NEW CONGRESS AND SENATE

       OVER THE TAXATION AND MISREPRESENTATION BY THE USE

       OF TAXATION WITH OUT REPRESENTATION OF GENERAL

       GEORGE WASHINGTON'S VETERANS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY

       WAR. THE VERY THING WASHINGTON'S ARMY FOUGHT AGAINST

       ENGLAND FOR OUR NEW CONGRESS AND SENATE WERE DOING

       THE SAME THING TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON'S ARMY

       VETERANS.

             APARENTLY THE NEW CONGRESS WAS TARGETING

       WASHINTON'S ARMY VETERANS FOR THEIR TAXES TO BE PAID

       UP IN GOLD OR GO TO PRISON, AND THEIR LAND WAS TO BE

       CONFICATED BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE BILL FOR

       THE RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WAS

       WAS CATASTROPHIC, AND WASHINGTON'S ARMY WAS THE ONLY

       GROUP OF CITIZENS AT THE TIME THAT USED A VALID SCRIPT,

       ALL OTHER CITIZENS AT THE TIME ON THE EASTERN COAST LINE

       WERE ON THE CLAM SHELL METHOD, AND FURTHER INLAND THE

       CITIZENS WERE USING THE BARTERING SYSTEM WAS THE

       REASON THE NEW CONGRESS WAS USING SUCH A HARCH

       METHOD ON ALL OF WASHINGTON'S VETERANS.

                SO WASHINGTON QUELLED THE REBELLION BY ASKING HIS

      ARMY TO SUPPORT HIM WITH THE VOTES TO GET HIM INTO

      OFFICE AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SO HE

      COULD CORRECT THIS PROBLEM FOR THE VETERANS OF HIS ARMY

      BY COMMING UP WITH A VALID MONITARY SCRIPT THAT WAS NOT

      GOING TO BE THE ENGLISH POUND OR THE SPANISH GOLD

      DOUBLOON SYSTEM, SO THE DOLLARS AND CENTS SYSTEM WAS

      DEVISED TO MAKE OUR TAXATION SYSTEM MORE FAIR

      TO EVERYONE. 

           

                  BENNINGTON                                13 STAR

                                                                    COLONIAL FLAG

                                                                     (BETSEY ROSS)

                                                                     JULY 4th 1776

                                                            PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                                           George Washington (1789-1797)  

  

              13 STAR FLAG                               15 STAR FLAG

            June 14th, 1777                                 May 1st, 1795

   PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER            THE "STARS SPANGLED BANNER"

 George Washington (1789-1797  INSPIRED "SIR FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

  13 ORIGINAL COLONIES                    Francis Scott Key 

                                                        TO WRITE OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM                                                        

                                                        DURING THE WAR OF 1812.

                                                         PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                                         George Washington (1789-1797),

                                                         John Adams (1797-1801),

                                                         Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809),

                                                         James Madison (1809-1817),

                                                         and James Monroe (1817-1825).

                                                         STATE(S) ADMITED THE UNION

                                                        #14 Vermont 1791) #15Kentucky       

                                                        (1792)

    

                20 STAR FLAG                               21 STAR FLAG

              April 13th, 1818                             July 4th,1819

   PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER       PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

   James Monroe (1817-1825).               James Monroe (1817-1825).

  STATE(S) ADMITED THE UNION     STATE(S) ADMITED THE UNION

  #16Tennessee1796), #17Ohio            #21 Illinois1818

  1803), #18 Louisiana 1812),

  #19  Indiana  1816, #20Mississippi

  1817),

   

               23 STAR FLAG                                  24 STAR FLAG

               July 4th, 1820                                 July 4th,1822

  PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER          PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

  James Monroe (1817-1825).        James Monroe (1817-1825),

  John Quincy Adams (1825-1829),and Andrew Jackson (18291837). 

  STATE(S) ADMITED  THE  UNION    STATE(S) ADMITED  THE  UNION

  #22Alabama 1820                              #24  Missouri (August 10th, 1821                                                                           

  #23Maine, 1820                              

                                                 

             

                                         THE ALAMO FLAG

                    FEBRUARY 1836 - 13 DAYS - MARCH 1836.

             COL. TRAVIS, COL. DAVY CROCKETT, & COL. JIM BOWIE

                        ALL DIED WITH THE 179 DEFENDERS

                                "REMEMBER THE ALAMO!"  

  

                25 STAR FLAG                          26 STAR FLAG

               July 4th, 1836                           July 4th, 1836

  PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER         PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER 

 Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)               Martin Van Buren (1837-1841).

Martin Van Buren (1837-1841).             William Henry Harrison (1841),

 STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION       John Tyler (1841-1845),

 #25 Arkansas (June 15th, 1836)           James Polk (1845-1849).

                                                             STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                                                             #26 Michigan (January 26th,1837

   

                        27 STAR FLAG                               28 STAR FLAG

               July 4th, 1845                               July 4th, 1846

  PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER             PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

  James Polk (1845-1849).                        James Polk (1845-1849).

  STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION          STATES ADMITED TO THE UNION

  #27  Florida                                            #28 Texas (December 29th, 1845

    

              29 STAR FLAG                                    30 STAR FLAG

              July 4th, 1847                                   July 4th, 1848

 PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER             PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

 James Polk (1845-1849).                        James Polk (1845-1849),

 STATES ADMITED TO THE  UNION           Zachary Taylor (1849-1850 

 #29 Iowa (December 28th, 1846             and,Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) 

                                                                STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                                                                #30  Wisconsin (May 29th, 1848  
                                                           
                        

                                       

                                           FORT SUMTER FLAG 

                                              32 STAR FLAG

                                          (UNOFFICIAL FLAG)

(CAME UNDER ATTACK BY CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY AND NAVAL

BOMBARDMENT IN 1861 BY THE "C.S.A. THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF

AMERICA" MARKED THE BEGINING OF THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN

NORTH AND THE SOUTH OR THE BLUE AND THE GREY!)

                                  PRESIDENTS SERVED WITH 

                                  James Buchanan (1857-1861),

                                  Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865

                               STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                                               (NONE)

                            

                   CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

                                      "THE STARS AND BARS"

                      (UNOFFICIAL AND UNAUTHORIZED FLAG)

 

 

 

 

                                    

                            PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                                   JEFFERSON DAVIS 

                      STATES SUCCEEDED FROM THE UNION

        The seven stars represent the original Confederate States; South Carolina (December 20, 1860), Mississippi(January 9, 1861), Florida (January 10,1861), Alabama (January 11, 1861), Georgia (January 19, 1861), Louisiana (January 26, 1861), and Texas (February 1, 1861).

                           

                                  "THE STARS AND BARS"

            

    CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG #1         CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG #3                        

                                               

                              CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG SHORT                      

 

 

 

 

     

               31 STAR FLAG                                  32 STAR FLAG

         Flag on July 4th 1851                           July 4th, 1858

PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER        PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

     Millard Fillmore (1850-1853),           James Buchanan (1857-1861).

Franklin Pierce (1853-1857),                  STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

 and James Buchanan (1857-1861).        #32 Minnesota (May 11, 1858

 STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

 #31 California (September 9th, 1850)

   

              33 STAR FLAG                                  34 STAR FLAG

               July 4th, 1859                                July 4th, 1861.

 PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER          PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

James Buchanan (1857-1861)               Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865).

and Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865).        STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

 STATES ADMITTEDTO THE UNION         #34 Kansas (January 29th, 1861

 #33 Oregon (February 14, 1859

                                                       

                                                                                                   

      

                      35 STAR FLAG                                 36 STAR FLAG

              July 4th, 1863                                  July 4th, 1865

PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER                PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)             Andrew Johnson (1865-1869).

and Andrew Johnson (1865-1869).     STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION              #36 Nevada (October 31st, 1864

#35 West Virginia (June 20th, 1863 

           

              37 STAR FLAG                                    38 STAR FLAG

              July 4th 1867                                     July 4th, 1877

  

  PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER           PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

 Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)               Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881

Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)                James A.  Garfield 1881 

and Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881       Chester A. Arthur (18811885 

 STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION          Grover Cleveland (1885-1889 

 #37 Nebraska (March 1st,1867               Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893

                                                               STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                                                               #38 Colorado (August 1st 1876

 

   

               43 STAR FLAG                                 44 STAR FLAG

               July 4th, 1890                                July 4th, 1891  

     PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER           PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

  Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893             Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893

 STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION         Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) 

  North Dakota (the 39th State on           STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

  South Dakota (the 40th State                Wyoming (July 10, 1890

  on November 2nd,1889

  Montana (the 41st State 

  on November 8th,1889),           

 Washington (the 42nd State on

  November 11th,1889,

  Idaho(the 43rd State on July 3rd,

  1890       

 

    

                     45 STAR FLAG                            46 STAR FLAG

                      July 4th, 1896                            July 4,1908

     PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER     PRESIDENTS THAT SERVED UNDER  

  Grover Cleveland (1893-1897),    Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909

William McKinley (1897-1901),      William H. Taft (1909-1913)

Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909). STATES THAT JOINED THE UNION

 STATES THAT JOINED THE UNION   Oklahoma (November 16, 1907

  Utah on January 4th, 1896                    

 

     

                    48 STAR FLAG                                   49 STAR FLAG

                July 4,1912                                     January 3rd,1959

 PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER             PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

 William H. Taft (1909-1913),       President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961

 Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921),            STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

 Warren Harding (1921-1923),           Alaska was formally granted statehood

 Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929),            placing the 49th star on our Flag on

 Herbert Hoover (1929-1933),            January 3rd,1959

 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945),

 Harry S.Truman (1945-1953),

 Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

 STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

  New Mexico (January 6th, 1912)

 Arizona (February 14, 1912

         

                              

                                             50 STAR FLAG

                                           August 21, 1959

                               PRESIDENTS SERVED UNDER

                             Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961),

                             John F. Kennedy (1961-1963),

                             Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969),

                             Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974),

                             Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977),

                             Jimmy Carter (1977-1981),

                             Ronald W. Reagan (1981-1989),

                             George Bush (1989-1993),

                             William J. Clinton (1993-2001),

                             George W. Bush (2001-2008),

                             Barack Obama (2008-present)

                          STATES ADMITTED TO THE UNION

                             Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state on

                             August 21st, 1959.

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