Field Notes

Bedford Flag Morale Patch: America's Oldest Known Flag

by Albert Kane July 02, 2026

Most Americans know the Stars and Stripes. Fewer know the Bedford Flag — the oldest known flag in the United States, carried into battle at the ver...

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Taunton Flag Morale Patch: Liberty and Union Since 1774

by Albert Kane July 02, 2026

Before the Stars and Stripes, before the Gadsden Flag, there was the Taunton Flag — one of the earliest American liberty flags ever flown, raised b...

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