Several of the users spreading the claim said the flag originated with the Confederacy and the U.S. Civil War, referencing it ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

Flags originated on battlefields ... red St. George’s cross on the white background; Scotland is represented by the white-colored St. Andrew's cross on the blue background; and Northern Ireland ...