This is more than the story of the flag, for it is -- in brief -- a history of the growth of these United States, as related to various flags. From the first explorers and the flags under which they sailed, through the flags that represented different types of settlements in the New World -- on down through sectional strife, wars, conquests, state progress, flags for special occasions, and always the step by step development of Old Glory. Lots of interesting tidbits of information.