Daily Featured Flag #8: "Cowpens" Flag
Today's daily featured flag for 4 July, 2026 is the Cowpens flag, an alternative design for the original 13-star flag of the United States. I hope it's not surprising I chose an American flag of some sort for the fourth of July, which is when the United States of America celebrates its independence. This happens to be the 250th such anniversary, coincidentally enough! Anyhow, I decided that it would be far too formulaic to just pick the current United States flag. Also, I kind of hate the current flag because they just decided to keep adding stars despite the fact that basically anyone will tell you it looked better with 13 than it does with 50- that and 13 is objectively a cool number. However, I didn't want to just pick the Betsy Ross flag either- partially because of historical confusion surrounding is history, and partly because there's a better design- the Cowpens flag. Its first verifiable usage was during the War of 1812 between Proto-Canada and Baby U.S., but its mythological history stretches back to 1781. Regardless of whether you believe in the account of its usage during the American War of Independence, this flag is quite old by New World flag standards, and we also know that it was verifiably created by someone of the Batchelor family. I just think that the twelve stars in a circle surrounding one in the center works better as a design element, and it also reminds me of the Easton flag... maybe I'll talk about that one next year. Anyhow, here's the flag:
It's such a small change, but it makes the design so much nicer. Anyhow, that's all from me for today! If you'd like to see your oddly specific banner be boldly and brashly brandished below other blurby blog posts, just drop an image of the flag, why you like it, and a little bit about the flag in the replies or reblogs right down there. Happy America to all those who celebrate, and have a good day, everybody!













