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Jan 3, 2011 · Starting in 1819, the updated flag becomes legal on the Fourth of July following the date of admission. Help Support USHistory.org! Buy a flag or poster! A timeline of the evolution and development of the official U.S. flag over the course of U.S. History.
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"The flag of the United States is any flag of the United...
- Affidavit of Rachel Fletcher
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The table contains images of the U.S. national flag and of the flags of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Larger images of the flags can be viewed by clicking on individual flags. Articles on the country, the states, and the district (Washington, D.C.) and on their respective flag.
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- Thirteen-Star U.S. Flag
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• Years flown:1777 ~ 1795 • Who was president:George Washington (1789-1797) The 13-star flag officially became the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777, and the date is celebrated every year in the United States as Flag Day. Though there is no conclusive proof, Francis Hopkinson, a congressman from New Jersey and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, ...
• Years flown:1795 ~ 1818 • Who was president:George Washington (1789-1797), John Adams (1797-1801), Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809), James Madison (1809-1817), and James Monroe (1817-1825) Two stripes and two stars were added to the flag when Vermont and Kentucky became the 14th and 15th states in 1791 and 1792, respectively. The 15-star flag would l...
• Years flown:1818 ~ 1819 • Who was president:James Monroe (1817-1825) With the westward expansion of the United States and the addition of more states, Congress realized that adding stripes to the flag would be impractical. So Congress passed the Flag Act in 1818, restoring the original 13-stripe design and unveiling the flag with additional stars...
• Years flown:1819 ~ 1820 • Who was president:James Monroe (1817-1825) Just over a year after the twenty-star flag was introduced, the United States added Illinois to the Union, boosting the number of states to 21. Illinois, where future president Abraham Lincoln began his political career, was admitted on Dec. 3, 1818.
• Years flown:1820 ~ 1822 • Who was president:James Monroe (1817-1825) The number of U.S. states rose to 23 with the admission of Alabama in 1819 and Maine in 1820. The flag became the official U.S. flag on July 4, 1820, and would last two years. President James Monroe was the only president to serve under this flag as well as the previous two flag...
• Years flown:1822 ~ 1836 • Who was president:James Monroe (1817-1825), John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), and Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) The flag expanded to 24 stars with the addition of Missouri in 1821. Missouri, a slave state, was admitted as part of the Missouri Compromise, which sought to achieve a balance of free and slave states during the ant...
• Years flown:1836 ~ 1837 • Who was president:Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) and Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) Arkansas joined the Union as a slave state on June 15, 1836. Less than a month later, its star was included in the U.S. flag, pushing the state total to 25. Arkansas was part of the Louisiana Purchase and carved out of what became the Missouri ...
• Years flown:1837 ~ 1845 • Who was president:Martin Van Buren (1837-1841), William Henry Harrison (1841), John Tyler (1841-1845), and James Polk (1845-1849) Michigan was admitted to the Union in 1837 as a free state to help maintain the balance between slave and free states. Michigan's admission had been thwarted because of a border dispute with O...
• Years flown:1845 ~ 1846 • Who was president:James Polk (1845-1849) Florida, a former possession of the Spanish empire, was admitted to the Union in 1845, raising the total number of U.S. states to 27. It would not remain in the Union for long: Florida would secede in 1861.
• Years flown:1846 ~ 1847 • Who was president:James Polk (1845-1849) In 1846, the flag would undergo another change, this time because of the admission of Texas. Before becoming the 28th state, the Lone Star state had broken away from Mexico in 1836. It was an independent republic before joining the Union and becoming the biggest state in land mass...
Sep 2, 2024 · national flag consisting of white stars (50 since July 4, 1960) on a blue canton with a field of 13 alternating stripes, 7 red and 6 white. The 50 stars stand for the 50 states of the union, and the 13 stripes stand for the original 13 states.
Offers a history timeline and an image of the US. Links to flag etiquette, the pledge, its presentation, and the 50 State Flags.
Star-Spangled Banner. The original Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that would become our national anthem, is among the most treasured artifacts in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
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Nov 6, 2019 · The first “official” flag was “the Continental Colors,” also known as the “Grand Union Flag,” which consisted of thirteen red and white stripes and the United Kingdom’s flag in the upper-left-hand corner, also known as the canton.
