Some historians attribute the design of the first flag to Francis Hopkinson, a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, who also played a role. This flag had alternating red and white stripes with British Union Jack in the canton. It is believed that the grand Union flag was inspired by the flag of the British East India Company. Margaret Manny is credited with creating this flag.

Legend has it that in George Washington, the then leader of the Continental Army and two other representatives of the Continental Committee, Robert Morris, and Col. However, when Betsy Ross demo. Also when asked ‘ who designed the flag? Her role in the flag history receives a beating on the following grounds: 1. George Washington’s role in heading the committee is also doubted as he was not a member of the Continental Committee.

There are no records to prove that George Washington and Betsy Ross knew each other. Betsy Ross is known to have maintained detailed records of her transactions.

No mention of any intent of devising a design for the national flag is available in the letters, doc. Americans would reply ‘Betsy Ross’!

She seemed to have suggested this change just for her convenience because it was easier to cut a star with five points than one with six. So evidence strongly point towards Francis Hopkinson who signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a Congressman of New Jersey, a lawyer, poet, artist and a true patriot.

At the time, the Flag Resolution was adopte he was the Chairman of the Continental Navy Board’s Middle Department. He also asked for some payment or compensation for having designed the flag a. Instead of designing a completely different flag, the year old took his inspiration from the work of Betsy Ross, the seamstress who was handpicked by George Washington to design the flag during the Revolutionary War.

See full list on historyplex. He was years old at the time and designed the flag for a school project, while living with his grandparents in Ohio, as a result of talks about Alaska and. Heft decided to come up with a design for a 50-star flag from the current 48-star flag that was already in place.

The flag has been used to display our nationalism, as well as our rebellion, and everything else in between. Heft also designed a 51-star flag, just in case another state eventually joined the Union, perhaps Puerto Rico. Instea they fought mainly under unit or regimental flags, according to Marc Leepson, author.

It consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset. Motivated by a mediocre grade, he strove to get the design accepted by Washington.

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The flag by Ben Haith, later refined by Lisa Jeanne Graf, features "a star of Texas bursting with new freedom throughout the lan over a new horizon," says the celebration’s foundation. Untold stories are woven throughout the 200-square-foot exhibition of over 1artifacts and artwork. A photograph is on view of the Navajo code talkers who communicated with soldiers to raise the U. The blue canton contained stars, representing the original colonies, but the layout varied.

Although nobody knows for sure who designed the flag, it may have been Continental Congress member Francis Hopkinson. Ohio’s own Robert Heft may not be as famous as Betsy Ross, but it’s his flag that will be saluted across the country this Fourth of July. Soon after, the first Confederate Battle Flag was also flown.

The design of the Stars and Bars varied over the following two years. Heraldry is the study, design, and display of armorial bearings. One of the first flags had the stars arranged in a circle, based on the idea that all colonies were equal.

The Betsy Ross story is the most tenacious piece of fiction involving the flag. There simply is no credible historical evidence — letters, diaries. Though it was denie Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla’s wife designed that first ever proposal for a Panamanian flag.

Panama’s connection to Colombia and Spain, whose flags both feature red and yellow prominently. The descendants of Betsy Ross propagated a story that she created and sewed the first flag after receiving a sketch from George Washington. The unanimous winner was the flag designed by John “Benny” Benson, 1 who lived in an orphanage in Unalaska.

These flags were usually variations of already existing British flags since the colonists were British subjects and the colonies were part of the British Empire. On that day, the Grand Union flag was raised on Prospect Hill in Somerville, near Washington’s headquarters in Cambridge.

Before her death she decreed that her cousin, King James VI of Scotlan which at that time was an independent nation, should also be. It wasn’t designed by any one person. State flags, explained.