And now for a gif of Revolutionary flags

It’s the fourth of July and I didn’t feel like writing, so instead I spent a few entertainingly obsessive hours collecting historical flags of these here United States when they were but a twinkle in some minuteman’s eye and sticking them together in an animated gif file.

Happy Independence Day!

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Click here for a quick rundown of each flag plus a few post-Revolutionary ones, too.