Guilford Courthouse 1775 1776 1777 Colonial American 12x18 Inch Early USA Stick 30" Wooden Staffs Cemetery American 250th Anniversary Flags


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The Guilford Courthouse flag, also known as the North Carolina militia flag, is one of several early variations of the U.S. national flag. According to oral history, troops of the North Carolina militia carried the flag at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on 15 Mar. 1781 during the American Revolution. The flag featured a unique configuration of stars and stripes, with an enlarged white canton displaying 13 blue, 8-pointed stars bordered by alternating red and blue stripes. A partially complete specimen of such a flag can be found in the North Carolina Museum of History.


The lack of reliable evidence establishing the Guilford Courthouse flag at the time of the Revolution has caused many historians to question its authenticity. Regardless of whether the flag was actually present at the time of the Revolution or was a later creation, its unusual dimensions and color combinations make it one of the more interesting and attractive early American flags.

Design and origin

The Fort Moultrie flag features a dark blue background with a crescent moon (or possibly a piece of throat armour known as a gorget) in the canton. On the crescent shape, the word “LIBERTY” is printed.

In September 1775, South Carolina patriots were preparing to defend their colony against British troops. They wanted a flag to signify to the British that they had taken Fort Johnson on James Island, in Charleston, South Carolina. Colonel William Moultrie was commissioned by the Revolutionary Council of Safety to create a design, and he produced the Liberty Flag.

The colors and symbols used on the flag matched the uniforms worn by Moultrie’s men. The white crescent symbol for example featured prominently on the front of their caps – shown below.

 It was a precursor to the Stars and Stripes, representing the colonies' desire for independence while still acknowledging their Anglo American  heritage.  

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