Keywords: John Shaw Flag (Red First).svg The John Shaw flag was created for the first meeting of the United States Congress Congress initially met in the Maryland Capitol Building for 9 months starting in late 1783 Shaw created two versions of the flag one which started with a red stripe and another that started with a white one This is the red-first variation own DevinCook talk created this work entirely by myself 1 <br/> Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia to Commons by User Magnus Manske using http //tools wikimedia de/~magnus/commonshelper php CommonsHelper 2009-10-10 DevinCook at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia DevinCook Original upload log page en wikipedia John_Shaw_Flag_ 28Red_First 29 svg 2009-10-10 11 47 DevinCook 2760×1170× 80086 bytes <nowiki> The John Shaw flag was created for the first meeting of the United States Congress Congress initially met in the Maryland Capitol Building for 9 months starting in late 1783 Shaw created two versions of the flag one whi</nowiki> Blue red white flags Flags with red and white stripes Flags with stars left Flags with thirteen white eight-pointed stars Flags with thirteen horizontal stripes SVG flags - historical of the United States |