First Continental Regiment or

"First Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment"

This regiment served, during the course of the

Revolution, in each of the thirteen colonies and it's

banner was carried at the battles of Trenton, Princeton,

Brandywine, Monmouth and Yorktown.

Cowpens or "Third Maryland Regiment"

The Cowpens was first carried by the Third Maryland

Regiment which was part of the Continental line of

Maryland, Virginia and Georgia regiments. On

January 17th, 1781, General Daniel Morgan won a

decisive victory against the British at Cowpens, South

Carolina. The original flag is enshrined in the State

house in Annapolis, Maryland.

Bunker Hill

On the night of June 16-17, 1775, the Americans

fortified Breed's and Bunker Hills overlooking Boston

Harbor. Although they had not officially declared their

independence, a fight was underway. When the British

advanced up the slope the next day they saw an early

New England flag, possibly a red or blue banner. Many

early Colonial flags had been made by altering the English

flag and most still contained a reference to the mother

country. This was an example that the Colonists still saw

themselves as British subjects but were declaring their

right to be free from violation of their liberties.