The 13 star flag, flying from the Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch Street, in Old City. You can enlarge this photo, and all others, by just clicking directly on the picture.
Grand Union Flag - The Union Jack’s inclusion in this flag, was intended to demonstrate the colonists’ desire to remain within the British Empire. (The war had started in April 1775, over a year prior to the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.) They had hoped that the British would redress their grievances, and that independence would not be necessary.