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Flag Day 2015: Visualizing 248 Years Of American Banners

By Tyler Durden
Created 06/14/2015 - 15:10
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Submitted by Tyler Durden [1] on 06/14/2015 15:10 -0500



 

As America 'celebrates' Flag Day - commemorating the adoption of the of the flag of the United States, which happened on June 14th, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress - we thought the following chart surveying the 48 flags (no confederate flags included) of America since 1767 would be of interest: from the Sons of Liberty's rebellious stripes in 1767 to the pattern we know today...

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Source: FastCoDesign [3]

 

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