FIRST AMERICAN FLAG
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
6¢
U.S. POSTAGE
FIRST STARS AND STRIPES 1777
1776 1976
PROUDLY IT WAVES
In God We Trust
BICENTENNIAL ISSUE
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Narrative text over an Eagle with Arrows in one talon and a olive branch in the other standing on a shield
Reverse lettering
FIRST AMERICAN FLAG
On JUNE 4, 1777,
Congress made the following reso-
lution: `The flag of the United States
shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white, with a union of thirteen stars of
white on a blue field...`. The Continental Con-
gress defined the symbolic meaning of the flag:
White, Purity and Innocence; Red, Hardiness
and Valor; Blue Vigilance, Perseverance and
Justice. A popular, patriotic designation
of our flag is OLD GLORY.
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
