Early American flags -- Grand Luminary flags 1818 -- Politics and the flag 1840 -- Exclusionary flags 1851-1861 -- Civil War flags 1861-1865 -- Flags of General George Armstrong Custer -- Lincoln ...
The now common phrase dates back to a 19th century ship captain whose American flag traveled the world Al Messerschmidt/Getty The American flag got its nickname "Old Glory" from 19th-century sea ...