On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress established the American Flag. It was a simple resolution made after declaring that the Marine Committee has control over war ships in the Delaware River and before declaring that Captain John Roach (commander of the RANGER) "is a person of doubtful character". The flag resolution was very vague: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." This vagueness is what led to so many variations of U.S. Flags until Congress finally declared the official arrangements of stars and stripes in 1912. We will bring up some of these arrangements and some famous flags later on. For now, here is what the page from the Journal of the Continental Congress looked like for that day.
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