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2. Christmas in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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   The process of Christmasbecoming a national holiday in the U.S. began when Representative Burton Chauncey Cook of Illinois introduced a bill in the U.S. Congress after the U.S. Civil War (1861–1865). It passed in both houses of Congress, and President Ulysses S. Grant signed it on June 28, 1870. During the Civil War, Christmas was celebrated ...

3. Star-Spangled Banner (flag) - Wikipedia

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   More broadly, a garrison flag is a U.S. Army term for an extra-large national flag that is flown on Sundays, holidays, and special occasions. [1] The U.S. Navy term is "holiday colors". [2] With fifteen stripes, the Star-Spangled Banner remains the only official American flag to bear more than thirteen stripes. [3]

4. Flag of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The first official flag resembling the "Stars and Stripes" was the Continental Navy ensign (often referred to as the Continental Union Flag, first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) used between 1775 and 1777. It consisted of 13 red-and-white stripes, with the British Union Flag in the canton.

5. African-American Flag - Wikipedia

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   African-American Flag. Untitled (African-American Flag) is a vexillographic artwork by American artist David Hammons from 1990, combining the colors of the Pan-African flag with the pattern of the flag of the United States to represent African diaspora identity. The flag replaces the red, white and blue colors on the traditional American flags ...

6. Betsy Ross flag - Wikipedia

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   Design. Thirteen alternating red and white stripes, a blue canton with thirteen five-pointed stars arranged in a circle. Designed by. Various. The Betsy Ross flag is an early design for the flag of the United States, which is conformant to the Flag Act of 1777 and has red stripes outermost and stars arranged in a circle.

7. Flag Day (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Flag Day is a holiday celebrated on June 14 in the United States. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. [ 1] The Flag Resolution stated "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen ...

8. Wikipedia:Public domain image resources - Wikipedia

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   The Met Collection- The Metropolitan Museum of Art's online gallery includes public domain images of artwork. Choose "open access" search option. The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) – American art catalog compiled by the Smithsonian Institution. It has many reproductions of American paintings.

9. File:Flag of the United States.svg - Wikipedia

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   Flag of the United States.svg. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 800 × 421 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 168 pixels | 640 × 337 pixels | 1,024 × 539 pixels | 1,280 × 674 pixels | 2,560 × 1,347 pixels | 1,235 × 650 pixels. Original file ‎ (SVG file, nominally 1,235 × 650 pixels, file size: 899 bytes) The source code of this ...