This is the first US flag, post revolutionary war. (Not as many states, represented by the stars, as at present).
...And this is the flag of the British East India Trading Company.
So basically, they did this:
(Well, after all... they had all these old corporate logo flags lying around, and it was easier to sew a small patch onto the same flag than to come up with a new and original flag for a new country...)
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This is the first US flag, post revolutionary war. (Not as many states, represented by the stars, as at present).
...And this is the flag of the British East India Trading Company.
So basically, they did this:
(Well, after all... they had all these old corporate logo flags lying around, and it was easier to sew a small patch onto the same flag than to come up with a new and original flag for a new country...)