. Our flag number, with 1197 flags in full colors and 300 additional illustrations in black and white. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. 155 THE GRAND UNION OR CONTINENTAL FLAG OF THEUNITED COLONIES. 1776-1777. It has been conjectured the idea of the stripes as a symbol ofunion may have been derived from the flag of the Netherlands,adopted for the national ensign as early as 1582, and whichthen as now consisted of three equal horizontal stripes symbolicof the rise of the Dutch republic from the union at The stripes of this flag at first were orange, white and blue,the orange in chief. In 16
. Our flag number, with 1197 flags in full colors and 300 additional illustrations in black and white. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. 155 THE GRAND UNION OR CONTINENTAL FLAG OF THEUNITED COLONIES. 1776-1777. It has been conjectured the idea of the stripes as a symbol ofunion may have been derived from the flag of the Netherlands,adopted for the national ensign as early as 1582, and whichthen as now consisted of three equal horizontal stripes symbolicof the rise of the Dutch republic from the union at The stripes of this flag at first were orange, white and blue,the orange in chief. In 1650, after the death of William II, ared stripe was substituted for the orange, and the flag so remains crest, two lions rampant, gardant or, each supporting a banner crest argent, chargedwith a cross gules. The Present State of the Universe, 4th edition, London, 1704, by J. Beaumont, Jr.,gives as the East India Companys ensign, a flag with thirteen horizontal stripes,alternate red and white, with a St. Georges cross on a white canton which rests uponthe fourth red
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