Show the F stars and str oes the first using of the stars and stripes in military service was at fort renamed fort ler no v rome new york in 1777 august d of that year the fort was besieged by the english and indians the brave garrison were without a flag but one was made in the tort the red stripes were of a petticoat furnished by a woman the white stripes and stars were ed by an officer who gave his shirt for that purpose and the blue was a piece of col peter gansevoort s mil tary cloak three women worked on the flag and it was raised to victory when on the ad of august the and the english were de at the fort the next decord of the using of the stars and stripes is on the farst annl of american independence which was celebrated pt philadelphia charleston S and other p ices july ath 1777 I 1 he banner was used at the battle of brandywine september 1777 at germantown october ath or the same year and it also floated over the surrender of burgone this flag cheered the patriots of valley forge the next winter it waved at yorktown and shared in i ie rejoin ings at the close of the war |