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The Continental Flag (aka the Grand Union flag), which Washington flew over the Patriot army in 1776, at first simply added 6 white stripes to the Red Ensign. Later the upper left canton was replaced with a pattern of stars beginning it's evolution into the 'stars and stripes' we know today.
The Pass & Stow Bell had little real significance in the events of 1776 (although it did hang in Independence Hall at that time); it nonetheless has been absorbed into the mythology of the American Revolution. For easy identification, the bell is shown with it's distinctive crack - however that crack didn't exist until after ~1817.