Although I did not know, I figured, I was joshing.
It's (and this is 100% IMO) a very passive aggressive flag, as it basically uses the crown's flag and puts a 13 united states spin on it. On one hand, that actually makes perfect sense since many of them still considered themselves "British" and not American, hell, for plenty that was the goal, not a separate nation, but just representation in government.
Eventually, however, a 13 star pattern was mandated and the one in that Lego parody went bye-bye, precisely for looking "too English" as it were. CRAZY FACT? The first American flags werent mandated in uniformity, they just had to have "13 stars against a blue field", and since almost none of them survive, we dont really know.
I fly what is commonly known as the "Trumbull Flag", because IMO it was likely the original common American flag carried in battle. I believe this because Trumbull was an artist known for his uber-analness, and it is proven he got American, British, and French uniforms very correct, down to facings & buttons, as well as the fact that he was present at several early American battles. If this artist took the time to get various uniforms correct, am I to believe he just "guessed" on flags? I doubt it. That said, he did make some minor flag goofs in some of his paintings, so we will likely never know, but this is the flag I'll fly tomorrow:
