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Description

The Flag of the President of the United States, in use from 1916 to 1945. It was first defined in Executive Order 2390 under President Wilson.

Previously, there were presidential flags from both the Army and the Navy of different designs, though both used the Great Seal as the central motif. The Navy version was too close to the Army's infantry flag, so they generally didn't use it. To solve this and only have one presidential flag, it was decided to add four stars to the Navy version. President Wilson then additionally wanted to use the eagle from the Seal of the President of the United States (which faced to its left) instead of the Great Seal, and thus the eagle was also changed to be based on a Bailey Banks & Biddle print of the presidential seal.
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Source Made per the specifications in Executive Order 2390. Most of the eagle was taken from File:Seal Of The President Of The United States Of America.svg, with the clouds being taken from File:US-President-Seal.svg, both works of the U.S. government.
Author U.S. Government
Other versions
  • Specifications from Executive Order 2390
    Specifications from Executive Order 2390
  • Illustration from executive order
    Illustration from executive order
  • Bailey Banks & Biddle print
    Bailey Banks & Biddle print
  • Today's presidential flag
    Today's presidential flag

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
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The 1916-1945 flag of the President of the United States.

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current00:27, 3 June 2010Thumbnail for version as of 00:27, 3 June 20101,000 × 638 (122 KB)Fry1989to match
04:22, 3 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 04:22, 3 July 20091,000 × 638 (111 KB)Clindberg{{Information |Description=The Flag of the President of the United States, in use from 1916 to 1945. It was first defined in s:Executive Order 2390 under President Wilson. Previously, there were presidential flags from both the Army and the Navy of

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