Show MANY FORMS OF EARLY FLAGS various types were used before the hi present form of old glory was adopted according to the smithsonian aution there were many forms forma of earl Y flags especially colonial types vui ug d by the individual colo olea and militia regiments before the flag of the united states was established by the continental tin congress june 14 1777 the th anniversary of which late date li Is now nov cp eel 1 as flag day this act required that the flag of the united states be of 13 horizontal Pt stripes alternate red and white and that ike hie union be 13 white stars on a blue field representing a new constellation one of the first occasions for pule pub lie lic display of the stars and stripes li is said to have been august 6 1777 when the new flag was hoisted over ove the troops at fort schuyler rome 11 Y john paul jones Is said to havi have been the first to fly the sars slid anil stripes over the high seas on the ranger in november 1777 from the time of the revolution the stars and stripes in the flag have varied there were 13 stars during the th ren revolution duflon lu flon 15 35 in the war of 1812 29 1 in we the mexican war 33 to 35 in the lh civil war 45 in the spanish war and 48 today tile the stripes were changed first from 13 to 15 and then back again to 13 our national flag li is amon among the oldest flags of the nation nat loni being older than the prewit pre ent Priti sli jack the french tricolor and tle llie nag ca of spain |