[["The American Flag flies for the first time on September 3, 1777. ", 153.0], ["American flag flies in battle Sept. 3, 1777. On this day in 1777, an American flag flew in battle for the first time. This occurred during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Del.", 118.0], ["The flag was first carried in battle at Brandywine, Pennsylvania, in September 1777. It first flew over foreign territory in early 1778, at Nassau, Bahama Islands, where Americans captured a fort from the British.", 15.0]]
when was the first time the american flag was flown
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