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Grand Union FlagThe Grand Union Flag (also known as the Congress flag, The First Navy Ensign and The Cambridge Flag) is the first true Flag of the United States. This flag consisted of 13 red and white stripes, signifying the "uniqueness and unity" of the 13 colonies, with the British Union Jack in the canton, as a symbol of many colonial leaders' wishes to keep close ties with Great Britain. The flag was authorised by the Second Continental Congress, and was first flown in December 3 1775 by the then Colonial Navy lieutenant John Paul Jones on the ship Alfred. The flag was most famously flown by George Washington and is recorded as being first raised by Washington's troops on New Year's Day in 1776 at Prospect Hill in Somerville, near his headquarters at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Washington preferred the name the Grand Union Flag. At the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776, this was the most commonly flown flag, and was present at the naming of the United States on September 9 1776. The flag was the official flag for the beginning of the American Revolution. The Grand Union Flag formed the basis of the Stars and Stripes. External links
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