He presented a copy to South Carolina’s state legislature, too, and the Continental Marines flew Gadsden’s flag during the Revolutionary War. The eagle largely had replaced the rattlesnake as ...

The flags were borne by the American Legion in uniform to the accompaniment of music. The entrance of each flag was explained by Attorney Walter Reilly. This Story in History is selected from the ...

But there is also another type of flag, the red-and-white one with an eagle wearing a crown. It was introduced in 1919 and was supposed to be displayed only at Polish diplomatic missions abroad.