The New England flag, also known as the Continental or Bunkerhill flag is an adaptation of the flag used by England in the colonies. This flag has a red field with a white canton bearing a pine tree, which is a symbol for the famous Liberty Tree that the "Sons of Liberty" met under.

The Fort Moultrie flag was named after Colonel William Moultrie who repelled a British invasion on Sullivan Island in South Carolina on June 28, 1776.  The fort on Sullivan Island was then renamed after its valiant commander. Today, South Carolina has a state flag very similar to this one.            

It is named after General Washington, who in the fall of 1775 outfitted six schooners for war, at his own  expense.  The motto "AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN" shows that the Colonists were relying on a higher power to save them from a very strong military power. Washington's Cruisers is another flag that uses the Liberty tree symbol. This flag has a white background with a large green liberty tree in the center.  It also has a caption "AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN." .

The Bennington flag, also known as the Vermont flag, according to an oral family tradition, was used at a battle in Bennington, Vermont on August 16, 1777, by Nathaniel Fillmore, grandfather of U.S. President Millard Fillmore.  Its arrangement of Stars in the canton would have been acceptable under the first flag law.            

The Betsy Ross flag, also known as the First Stars and Stripes: In 1870 Betsy Ross' grandson presented a paper to the Philadelphia Historical Society, which was the first public presentation of the story of Betsy Ross and the first official flag.  On June 14, 1777, Congress adopted an official national flag. Since the law was not specific on the arrangement of the stars, there were many different star arrangements on U.S. flags until the law was mended in 1912

The First Navy Jack also known as the "Continental Navy Jack" bears the rattlesnake symbol made  popular by Benjamin Franklin. It has seven white and six red stripes. It is reported to have been used as  early as 1775. The motto  "DON'T TREAD ON ME" is a warning to the British.

The Grand Union or Continental Colors flag is considered to be the first flag of the United States, and began flying at General Washington's headquarters just outside of Boston Massachusetts, on January 1, 1776.  This flag was made by placing white stripes on the red field of the British Meteor flag used in the colonies.

The Gadsden Flag: Commodore Esek Hopkins used this flag as Commander of the New Continental Fleet early in 1776. The Gadsden flag was named after Colonel Christopher Gadsden, who made a copy of Hopkins' flag, which he then presented to Congress.             

This flag with fifteen stripes was used between 1795 and 1818.  This was the only time that our flag had more than thirteen stripes

The Star Spangled Banner received its name because a 30 by 42 foot version of this flag was flying over Fort McHenry on September 13, 1814 when the British attacked.  .One of the spectators was Francis Scott Key, who was on board a British ship trying to get a friend released, who was being held prisoner. The awe-inspiring site of this huge flag and the tremendous bombardment that it and the fort survived inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner, which later became our national anthem.