On This Date September 3,1777 and 1783–A first for the Flag, and an end to a War

September 3, 1777 – Flag of the United States flown in battle for the first time at Cooch’s Bridge,
Delaware, a skirmish during American Revolutionary War
September 3, 1783 – Treaty of Paris signed in Paris; it ends the American Revolutionary War
between Great Britain and the United States of America