Very interesting...I did not know that. And the Swiss have a very simple and elegant flag.
Bernard CiGrand was the child of Luxombergian immigrants who paid his way through dental school by teaching at the Stony Hills School in Waubeka, WI. The Flag Day Museum is located in the old Stony Hills School. He was a remarkable man who loved this country and loved our flag.
http://www.nationalflagday.com/bjc.asp
My paternal ancestors came from Switzerland. Landed in Philadelphia on November 9, 1750. Came to York Township, York County, PA where Hans Sigrist received warrent rights to 50 acres of land. Around 1805 his when his name was entered into land records by the Recorder of Deeds his name was “English-ized” to “John Sechrist”. And the rest is history, as they say.