A New Flag for a New Country
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Artistic renderings of the Revolution often include the flag, but little is known about its origins.
The Continental Congress had called for a new flag to represent their new country. But two years later, there was still no “national standard.” While artistic renderings of Revolutionary events often include the flag, little is known about its origins – including whether it flew above a battlefield and who made the first one.
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A New Flag for a New Country
Clip: Episode 4 | 1m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
The Continental Congress had called for a new flag to represent their new country. But two years later, there was still no “national standard.” While artistic renderings of Revolutionary events often include the flag, little is known about its origins – including whether it flew above a battlefield and who made the first one.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[Hooves trotting] Voice: Resolved that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
[The Flag Resolution] ♪ Narrator: During a short meeting devoted mostly to fiscal matters, the Continental Congress had called for a new flag to represent their new country.
But two years later, the committee of Congress overseeing the Army still regretted that there was as yet no "national standard."
Some militia companies and privateers designed their own banners and had their wives and daughters make them.
Although artists often included the Stars and Stripes in their postwar romantic renderings of Revolutionary events, it is not known ever actually to have been flown by the Continental Army above a battlefield, nor does anyone know who made the first one.
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Clip: Ep4 | 6m 18s | General Horatio Gates' force clashes with the British, beginning the Battle of Saratoga. (6m 18s)
The British Capture Philadelphia & The Battle of Germantown
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Clip: Ep4 | 6m 29s | The British seize Philadelphia, but Washington plans to retake the city at the Battle of Germantown. (6m 29s)
The Haudenosaunee Choose Sides in the American Revolution
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Clip: Ep4 | 8m 7s | The Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee choose opposing sides at the Battle of Oriskany. (8m 7s)
Patriot Victory at the Battle of Saratoga
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Clip: Ep4 | 8m 59s | After days of fighting at Saratoga, Benedict Arnold and Horatio Gates secure a Patriot victory. (8m 59s)
Preview: Conquer by a Drawn Game
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Preview: Ep4 | 30s | Philadelphia falls, but the American victory at Saratoga allows France to enter the war. (30s)
The Real People Who Fought the American Revolution
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Clip: Ep4 | 4m 31s | Washington uses bonuses and drafts to encourage Americans to join the Continental Army. (4m 31s)
Religion & the Revolutionaries
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Clip: Ep4 | 2m 5s | Most revolutionaries were Protestants, but there were also Catholics, Jews, and Muslims. (2m 5s)
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