Continental Union Flag
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first national flag of the United States
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Union Jack
- Country
- United States
- Country of origin
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Based on
- Red Ensign
- Depicts
- field
- Image
- Flag of the United States (1776–1777).svg
- Has use
- national flag
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- applies to jurisdiction
- United States
- different from
- flag of the East India Company
- inception
- 1775-12-03
- Commons category
- Continental Union Flag
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1777-06-14
- shape
- rectangle
- replaced by
- flag of the United States of America
- color
- white
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- native label
- Continental Union Flag
- nickname
- Grand Union Flag
- short name
- American flag
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