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| [[File:BritishFlag1606.png|125px]] ||The ''Union Flag'', so named when James VI of Scotland was placed on the throne of England upon the death of [[Elizabeth I]] in 1603, which united both kingdoms; it was the flag flown over colonial America prior to the Revolution.
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| [[File:Striped Jack.png|125px]] ||This flag was flown by the [[Sons of Liberty]] during the [[Boston Tea Party]], earning it the sobriquet ''Rebellious Stripes''; it may also have been ''"the striped jack"'' referred to in the letters of Commodore Esek Hopkins, as one of the first flags of the Continental Navy during the [[American Revolution]]
| [[File:Striped Jack.png|125px]] ||This flag was flown by the [[Sons of Liberty]] during the [[Boston Tea Party]], earning it the sobriquet ''Rebellious Stripes''; it may also have been ''"the striped jack"'' referred to in the letters of Commodore Esek Hopkins, as one of the first flags of the Continental Navy during the [[American Revolution]]
| [[File:Green Mountain Boys flag.png|125px]] ||The flag of the ''Green Mountain Boys'' is more properly associated with Bennington than the above flag, as well as several other notable battles during the Revolution under [[Ethan Allen]]. It still flies today as the colors of the Vermont National Guard.
| [[File:Green Mountain Boys flag.png|125px]] ||The flag of the ''Green Mountain Boys'' is more properly associated with Bennington than the above flag, as well as several other notable battles during the Revolution under [[Ethan Allen]]. It still flies today as the colors of the Vermont National Guard.
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| [[File:Guilford Courthouse Flag.png|125px]] ||An odd variation of the early United States flag possibly flew during the Battle of Guilford Court House near Greensboro, North Carolina on March 15, 1781.
| [[File:Guilford Courthouse Flag.png|125px]] ||An odd variation of the early United States flag possibly flew during the Battle of Guilford Court House near Greensboro, North Carolina on March 15, 1781.
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| [[File:Perry flag.png|125px]] ||During the [[War of 1812]], the American frigate [[USS Chesapeake|USS ''Chesapeake'']] fought a losing battle against the British frigate HMS ''Shannon'', and as Captain [[James Lawrence]] lay dying he uttered "fight her till she sinks, and don't give up the ship." His friend and fellow officer [[Oliver Hazard Perry]] took some of those words and had a large blue flag created in time for the [[Battle of Lake Erie]]; the ''Perry Flag'' flew over USS ''Niagara'' to victory near Put-In-Bay, Ohio in September, 1813.
| [[File:Perry flag.png|125px]] ||During the [[War of 1812]], the American frigate [[USS Chesapeake|USS ''Chesapeake'']] fought a losing battle against the British frigate HMS ''Shannon'', and as Captain [[James Lawrence]] lay dying he uttered "fight her till she sinks, and don't give up the ship." His friend and fellow officer [[Oliver Hazard Perry]] took some of those words and had a large blue flag created in time for the [[Battle of Lake Erie]]; the ''Perry Flag'' flew over USS ''Niagara'' to victory near Put-In-Bay, Ohio in September, 1813.