United States Flag Paintings
I Pledge Allegiance
9 x 12
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"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” This flag represents a nation that, for the first time in history, is governed by the people instead of a king, dictator or other all-powerful ruler. Founded on biblical principles, and while still not totally perfect, this system has produced the most free and prosperous, yet still the most benevolent nation ever to exist.
Forever may she wave!
9 x 12
Sold
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” This flag represents a nation that, for the first time in history, is governed by the people instead of a king, dictator or other all-powerful ruler. Founded on biblical principles, and while still not totally perfect, this system has produced the most free and prosperous, yet still the most benevolent nation ever to exist.
Forever may she wave!
Old Glory
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
The start of the “Fabric of Freedom” series is with today’s Stars and Stripes, with an antique look, to complement the Grand Union and Betsy Ross flags. These three historical flags are as “bookends” to the traditional red, white and blue of the entirety of the series beginning, first, with the last. Old Glory...what an amazing and magnificent history.
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
The start of the “Fabric of Freedom” series is with today’s Stars and Stripes, with an antique look, to complement the Grand Union and Betsy Ross flags. These three historical flags are as “bookends” to the traditional red, white and blue of the entirety of the series beginning, first, with the last. Old Glory...what an amazing and magnificent history.
Grand Union
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
Designed by George Washington himself, the Grand Union flag was first raised on a 76 foot flagpole on Prospect Hill in Somerville, overlooking Boston, on January 1, 1776. This design was taken from the British Red Ensign, which was a solid red flag with the British Union Jack in the upper left corner. It is rumored that the addition of the white stripes was to deface the British version and emphasize the call for independence.
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
Designed by George Washington himself, the Grand Union flag was first raised on a 76 foot flagpole on Prospect Hill in Somerville, overlooking Boston, on January 1, 1776. This design was taken from the British Red Ensign, which was a solid red flag with the British Union Jack in the upper left corner. It is rumored that the addition of the white stripes was to deface the British version and emphasize the call for independence.
Betsy Ross
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
This was the first official U.S. flag, proclaimed by congressional resolution on June 14, 1777, requiring “that the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternating red and white, that the union be 13 stars in a blue field representing a new constellation.” Francis Hopkinson, a popular patriot, lawyer and New Jersey congressman, has been credited with the design of this flag, but popular folklore has it that Betsy Ross made the first flag.
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
This was the first official U.S. flag, proclaimed by congressional resolution on June 14, 1777, requiring “that the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternating red and white, that the union be 13 stars in a blue field representing a new constellation.” Francis Hopkinson, a popular patriot, lawyer and New Jersey congressman, has been credited with the design of this flag, but popular folklore has it that Betsy Ross made the first flag.
Stars & Stripes - 1861
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
On January 19, 1861 the state of Kansas was admitted to the union and on July 4th of the same year their star was added to the Stars and Stripes. This brought the total of the United States to 34. By this time the civil war had begun, but the United States government refused to acknowledge a state’s right to secede and continued to count the Confederate states as part of its total number.
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
On January 19, 1861 the state of Kansas was admitted to the union and on July 4th of the same year their star was added to the Stars and Stripes. This brought the total of the United States to 34. By this time the civil war had begun, but the United States government refused to acknowledge a state’s right to secede and continued to count the Confederate states as part of its total number.
Stars & Stripes - 1863
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
Early in the civil war, legislators from western counties of the Commonwealth of Virginia proclaimed they were the legitimate government of Virginia, and were so recognized by the Lincoln administration. In 1862 congress voted to allow these western counties to form their own state. After much debate with his cabinet, Lincoln, interested in the additional electoral votes that would be available in the 1864 election, allowed the state of West Virginia to become the 35th star. on the United States flag.
7 x 5
Original and Prints Available
Early in the civil war, legislators from western counties of the Commonwealth of Virginia proclaimed they were the legitimate government of Virginia, and were so recognized by the Lincoln administration. In 1862 congress voted to allow these western counties to form their own state. After much debate with his cabinet, Lincoln, interested in the additional electoral votes that would be available in the 1864 election, allowed the state of West Virginia to become the 35th star. on the United States flag.
