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|  [[File:13 star flag.PNG|125px]] ||The original ''Stars and Stripes'', the first official flag of the new United States, and the first American flag recognized and saluted by a foreign power.
 
|  [[File:13 star flag.PNG|125px]] ||The original ''Stars and Stripes'', the first official flag of the new United States, and the first American flag recognized and saluted by a foreign power.
 
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|  [[File:Bennington Flag.png|125px]] ||The ''Bennington Flag'' is associated with the Battle of Bennington, Vermont, on August 16, 1777, but some historians speculate that it may have been created by a veteran of that battle upon the outbreak of the [[War of 1812]] [http://www.cvsflags.com/bennington.cfm#benn], or as a centennial flag in 1876.  The flag itself was made to evoke the pride of the ''Spirit of '76'', and for that reason it is one of the few non-rattlesnake flags flown during the current Tea Party Movement.  
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|  [[File:Bennington Flag.png|125px]] ||The ''Bennington Flag'' is associated with the [[Battle of Bennington]], Vermont, on August 16, 1777, but some historians speculate that it may have been created by a veteran of that battle upon the outbreak of the [[War of 1812]] [http://www.cvsflags.com/bennington.cfm#benn], or as a centennial flag in 1876.  The flag itself was made to evoke the pride of the ''Spirit of '76'', and for that reason it is one of the few non-rattlesnake flags flown during the current Tea Party Movement.  
 
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|  [[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: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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