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an american flag is shown with the names and dates for each country in their official colors

Ever since Betsy Ross sewed the first official American flag in 1776, the United States didn't really have a true identity. The flag wasn't adopted until 1777, but it has stuck. The original design is different than that of today's flag, but the color scheme and base idea is the same. The only thing that has changed are the number of stars, and the way in which they are arranged. The American flag has certainly changed throughout history, and nowadays you can see many people wearing it…

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an american flag painted on the side of a building

A variant of the "Betsy Ross flag"--several depictions of it in paintings of the 1770s and 1780s show the stars in a tighter formation than seen here. It was never an official flag of the early nation, but were likely popular, though other 13-star flags representing the new United States were also popular at the time, such as the Cowpens flag. The June 14, 1777 Flag Resolution of the Second Continental Congress did not require a particular arrangement for the 13 stars.

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an old and worn american flag with white stars on the bottom, in grunge paper

One aspect on which the first American flag history is hotly debated is the one that deals with, who designed the first American flag. While some believe that it was a Philadelphia seamstress, Ms. Betsy Ross, there is strong evidence pointing towards Francis Hopkinson, the signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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