The History of State Flags & U.S. Flag category takes you through the evolution of America’s banners. From colonial standards to the Stars and Stripes, and from early state symbols to today’s official designs, this collection shows how flags have changed alongside historical events. You’ll gain insights into political, cultural, and design shifts that shaped both state and national identity.
In June 1776, George Washington, Colonel George Ross, and banker Robert Morris came to the small shop of Becky Rose, the nephew of Colonel Ross, a seamstress in Philadelphia, and asked her to sew a flag after a pattern designed by the painter William Barrett. In the upper left corner of the pattern is a […]
