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When was the first flag of the United States raised?

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On January 2, 1776, the first flag of the United States was raised at Cambridge, Massachusettes by George Washington. Known as the Grand Union flag, it consisted of 13 stripes, alternate red and white, with a blue canton bearing the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew.

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