Show MANY FORMS OF EARLY FLAGS various types were used before bedfor a th 0 present form of old glory was adopted according to tile the smithsonian aution there wore many forms of early a aly flags especially colonial types used by the individual col coloutes colo ulca and militia regiments before the flag of the united states was established by the continental tin congress june 14 1777 the anniversary or of which late date la Is now celebrated as nag flog day this act required that the flag of the united states be of 13 horizontal stripes alternate red and white and that tie union be 13 white stars on a blue field representing a new constellation ono of the first occasions for or public display of the stars and stripes Is sold said to have been august 0 3 1777 when the new flag was hoisted over the troops at fort schuyler cr rome home N Y john paul jones Is said to have been the first to fly the sors and stripes over the high seas sea on the ranger in november 1777 from the time of the revolution the stars and stripes in the flag have bave va TO ried there were 13 stars during the Revo revolution ution 15 in the war of 1812 20 29 in tile the mexican war 33 to 85 in the civil war 45 in the spanish war and 48 today the stripes were changed first from 13 to 15 and then back again to 18 13 our national flag to ii among the oldest flags of the nations nat lonn being older than the present british jack the french tricolor and the flag of spain |