Old Glory Nylon Flag
$89.95 – $204.95
Old Glory Nylon Flag – Nearly one year after adopting the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress passed a resolution creating an official design for the flag on June 14, 1777. The flag included 13 stars and 13 stripes representing the original colonies. While Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross is largely credited as the flag’s designer and creator, historians have not been able to verify the story.
In 1795, the flag underwent its first change to include 15 stars and 15 stripes representing each state in the country. However, in 1818, with the addition of five more states to the flag, including Tennessee, Congress decided to limit the design to 13 stripes and one star for each state.
“That year they also passed a law saying they would add new stars to the flag only on the Fourth of July, so no matter how many states had become a state, you’d add them only once a year.
About Our Old Glory Nylon Flag
The name "Old Glory" was loudly proclaimed in 1824 by Captain William Driver as he hoisted the flag given to him as a birthday present. The flag would accompany Driver on his numerous voyages around the world. When he gave up seafaring and moved inland to Nashville, Tennessee in 1837, Driver continued to display the flag proudly by hanging it from a locust tree. He even updated the flag in 1861 to reflect thirty-four stars and added an anchor in the corner to indicate his sea service. When Tennessee seceded from the Union, Driver had the foresight to hide the flag and had his daughter conceal it inside a quilt, which was overlooked in numerous raids on his house. Old Glory remained in the quilt until February 25, 1862 when Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Donelson and occupied Nashville. On that day Driver uncovered the flag, marched through the streets to the capitol building, climbed to its dome, and hoisted the flag for all to see.
