A Henry Mosler painting 'The Birth ... and commissioned to create the flag in 1776. There had been a flag design already in use, depicting the 13 colonies as 13 six-pointed stars situated in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In this first flag, the 13 red and white stripes and the 13 stars represented the original North American colonies. The flag we know today still has 13 red-and-white stripes to represent the ...

The stamps, depicting Old Glory against varying times of the day ... specifying 13 horizontal stripes and 13 stars to represent the original colonies. Since its inception, the flag has undergone ...

New York and Pennsylvania were some of the early states to recognize Flag Day celebrations ... Sons of Liberty. The 13 stripes continue to pay tribute to the 13 original colonies.

Happy Flag Day! Here's to the biggest holiday that you ... There have been a total of 27 variations in flag design over the years, as colonies grew into states making the 50 states that are ...