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2. Flag of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   The flag was officially authorized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 24, 1959 and was formally introduced to the public on April 30, 1959 at a ceremony at Naval Support Facility Carderock in Maryland. [2] It replaced the infantry battalion flag which had been used as the U.S. Navy's unofficial flag for many years beforehand.

3. Flags of the United States Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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   Not having made an official design until 1777, numerous distinct flags were carried into battle by American forces. Even after, the vague wording of the Flag Resolution of 1777 led to many designs. The most commonly carried pre-1777 flags was the Grand Union Flag, resembling closely the flag of the British East India Company.

4. Jack of the United States - Wikipedia

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   On this quilt made in Baltimore circa 1845–1855, a ship flies a red-and-white striped flag at the stern and another including a blue canton from the fore-mast. The only written description of the Navy Jack dating from the American Revolutionary war is a January 1776 document titled Signals for the American Fleet by Commodore Esek Hopkins.

5. List of flags of the United States - Wikipedia

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   See also: Flags of the U.S. states and territories A 2.00 m × 1.70 m oil painting showing historical US flags. This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships. National flags Main article ...

6. First Navy Jack - Wikipedia

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   Like other snake flags, the First Navy Jack has been used by non-Navy people in protest or commemoration. For example, opponents to a smoking ban in Franklin, Indiana, flew Navy Jacks outside their homes and businesses. [16] A First Navy Jack flag was also placed at a makeshift memorial on Boylston Street after the Boston Marathon bombing. [17 ...

7. All-American Flag Act to require federal government to buy U ...

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   U.S. flags flown over federal buildings, draped over coffins of fallen soldiers to be 100% made in America under All-American Flag Act.