4X6 FT COL NYLON US MARINE CORPS FLAG

 For indoor and parade use, these flags are made of lustrous Colonial Nylon 100% nylon taffeta, and finished with flannel-lined pole heading with Velcro tabs

U.S. ARMY FLAG FACTS

THE U.S. ARMY FLAG IS DESIGNED WITH A BLUE REPLICA OF THE OFFICIAL DEPT OF ARMY SEAL SET ON A WHITE FIELD.  BENEATH THE SEAL IS A BROAD SCARLETT SCROLL WITH THE INSCRIPTION IN WHITE LETTERS "UNITED STATES ARMY" AND BELOW THAT IN BLUE "1775" THE YEAR THE U.S. ARMY WAS CREATED WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. 

PRIOR TO 1956 IT WAS THE ONLY BRANCH OF THE SERVICE WITHOUT A FLAG TO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE BRANCH.  IN 1955 SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, WILBUR M. BRUCKER, REQUESTED THE CREATION OF THE ARMY FLAG.  THE FLAG WAS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED BY DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ON JUNE 12, 1956 AN WITH ESECUTIVE ORDER 10670.  THE FLAG WAS DEDICATED ON JUNE 14, 1956, FLAG DAY, AT INDEPENDENCE HALL IN PHILADELPHIA ON THE 181ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE U.S. ARMY.