General George Washington first raised the Continental Army flag in 1776 a redand white striped flag with the British Uni on Jack where we now have stars Several flag designs with 13 stripes were used in 1776 and 1777 until Congress established an o ID: 10513
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The United States Flag white, that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, probably 1818 Law Sets Final Form union, or canton, should display 20 stars for the states then in the union. But it did not have five stars, centered diagonally between the stars in the longer rows.