10 Fun American Flag Facts

Thomas Green Requests First Flag

In 1777, Thomas Green, an American Indian who sought protection of an official flag while traveling through dangerous territory in Philadelphia, requested Congress to settle on the exact look of the United States’ flag. To set things in motion, he offered a payment of three strings of wampum—a traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of American Indians. Congress obliged, and within 10 days, the flag, featuring 13 stars and 13 stripes, was finalized, on June 14th, 1777.

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