1975 National Flag Foundation : Bicentennial Flags of America
The Bicentennial Flags of America sticker series was released in 1975
by the National Flag Foundation in Pittsburgh. The stickers were distributed
with various brands of bread to celebrate the United States of America
Bicentennial. The 31-piece series was painted by Don Hewitt.
The first 30 images originally appeared in Flags of America, a 1968
booklet published by Flag Plaza Foundation (FFP). "The Flag of The United States
1969" was added following the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission on July 20,
1969. The FFP was renamed National Flag Foundation (NFF) in 1972.
The series was organized with the Allegheny Trails Council and Boy Scouts of
America. The paintings have appeared on various merchandise including a series
of silver medals from The Winnauer Precious Metals Guild and drinking glasses
from The Pittsburgh Press.
The stickers were printed with different brand variations that include
Quality Bakers of America and the Fleer Corporation . The Bicentennial Flags of America Saver Book was
distributed by Sunbeam Bread.
An 18-card collector set was produced with Kellogg's for the 1981 National
Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. The Kellogg's Subcamp Flags series does not include the 1969 Moon image. The National Scout Jamboree
distributed astronaut trading cards in 1989, and cards of Neil Armstrong in 2013
and 2017.
"In the light of early dawn on Sunday, July 20, 1969 Astronaut Neil A.
Armstrong, Commander of the lunar module Eagle, and Colonel Edwin E. Aldrin,
Jr., his colleague, reverently planted The Flag of the United States of
America on the near side of the moon. They unfurled Old Glory and
straightened to give the first salute on the gaunt grandeur of the lunar
surface, 238,548 epic miles from earth. A Flag from the Planet Earth was
raised on another planet."
The eight-foot Lunar Flag Assembly (LFA) was made of gold-anodized aluminum
tubes. The astronauts were only able to plant the flag about 6–8 inches into
the jagged lunar soil.
The flag was later blown over from the blast of the Lunar Module Eagle ascent.
| Bicentennial Flags of America |
|---|
| 1st Stars and Stripes 1777 |
| Alamo 1836 |
| Bedford Flag 1775 |
| Bennington 1777 |
| British Union 1606 |
| Bunker Hill Flag 1775 |
| Commodore Perry 1813 |
| Confederate Battle Flag 1863 |
| Cowpens 1781 |
| Cross Of St. George 1620 |
| Fort Moultrie 1776 |
| French Fleur-De-Lis 1754 |
| Gadsden Flag 1776 |
| General Fremont 1842 |
| Grand Union 1776 |
| Green Mountains 1775 |
| Guilford Courthouse 1781 |
| Iwo Jima 1945 |
| Peary Flag 1909 |
| Philadelphia Light Horse 1775 |
| Rattlesnake Flag 1776 |
| Rhode Island 1772 |
| Royal Standard of Spain 1492 |
| Serapis 1779 |
| Sons of Liberty 1765 |
| Star Spangled Banner 1814 |
| Taunton 1774 |
| The Flag of The United States 1969 |
| United East India Co. 1609 |
| Viking Banner 1003 A.D. |
| Washington's Cruisers 1775 |