BP 10: 3/28/11

When thinking about an object that has been influnced and changed over time I have chosen the American Flag.  The history of the American flag began on January 1, 1776 during the American Revloution.  Washington ordered the Grand Union flag to be raised which was 13 red and white stripes with the British Union Jack in the upper left, so the flag was still heavily influenced the colors and design of the British flag. 

http://www.usflag.org/history/grandunion1775.html

In May of 1776 Betst Ross made a new version of the American Flag representing the revolution break away from British ties.  The flag still has the same colors as the British flag however it begin to evolve and break away to represent the new colonies and new America.  

 http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/political/american-flag.htm

In 1777 Congress passed the first flag act in order to establish a offical flag for the new nation.  It was to have thirteen stripes, and in the upper left union their be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new Constellation.  This was the beginning of independent American flag.  From 1777 to 1960 the flag under went several changes as the United States began to evolve and change into what we have today as a nation and a flag.  Thirteen stripes representing the original colonies and 50 stars representing the 50 states.

http://www.americanflagfoundation.org/

Information was gathered from website: http://www.usa-flag-site.org/history.shtml