The stars represent the 50 United States of America , and each time a new state enters the union, a new star is added on the following July 4. The flag has had 50 stars since one was added for Hawaii on July 4, , and official designs are afoot for up to 55 stars when new states are welcomed in.
The colours used for the American flag are known as Old Glory , and the design has been the basis for other flags including Chile , Puerto Rico, Liberia, and Malaysia. The 13 equal horizontal stripes on the flag, which alternate red and white, represent the original states, that were then British colonies.
Historically, the number of stars on the American flag has reflected the number of united states in the USA. Alex is an accredited Flag Institute journalist. How and to whom would I submit a proposal for a design of 51 star flag pattern. I have not seen this design as yet, but it would only take a very minor reprogramming from the current design, thus minimal cost to change.
Good Luck!!! For 25 years, the Flag had 15 stars and 15 stripes, as the original plan was to add a star AND stripe for each new state. In , Congress decided to have the stripes represent the 13 colonies and only add stars, going from 15 to I was fantasizing about the flag and President Donald Trump and Puerto Rico today, which is what brought me here.
Imagine how iconic our flag is, a symbol for so many things… Few people really think about the mathematical layout, the aspect ratio, the proportion of blue field to lengths of red and white stripes. Imagine what an astonishing feat it would be to cause a transformation of the iconic U. If President Trump achieved this it would make his enemies brains explode. The circular field of stars is quite interesting.
But I think the change must be subtle, not jarring. How many people could actually tell you or show you, on the spot, how the stars are configured? This is why the 6 rows of 9 and 8 stars works. Split 51 stars into 27 and Superimpose them.
If people were to glance at a star flag in that configuration, I bet that a majority would not notice it is 6 rows of stars instead of 9 rows. Until the Executive Order of June 24, , neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed.
Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual arrangements of the stars and odd proportions, these features being left to the discretion of the flag maker. In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used. The first official national flag was approved by the Continental Congress on June 14, The colors of the flag were inherited from British flags and have no official meaning.
Since the founding of the United States in , there have been 27 different versions of the flag featuring the stars and stripes. Each new flag represented the addition of one or more states as the United States grew westward to fulfill what it believed to be its manifest destiny of expansion in North America.
We reviewed sites such as usflagdepot. Of the 27 versions of the United States flag, nine flew for only about a year, reflecting the rapid expansion of the nation. Though we have not had a new star since — Hawaii — we may not be done adding stars. Virgin Islands, might be considered for statehood.
The star flag officially became the U. Though there is no conclusive proof, Francis Hopkinson, a congressman from New Jersey and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is credited with designing the flag.
Each star and stripe represented a former British colony. Two stripes and two stars were added to the flag when Vermont and Kentucky became the 14th and 15th states in and , respectively. The star flag would last for 23 years and five presidents would serve under it.
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 , restoring the original stripe design and unveiling the flag with additional stars on July 4.
Five stars were added to represent five new states: Tennessee , Ohio , Louisiana , Indiana , and Mississippi The star flag became the official flag on April 13, , and it was the first of nine flags to only last about a year. 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 Illinois, where future president Abraham Lincoln began his political career, was admitted on Dec.
The number of U. The flag became the official U. President James Monroe was the only president to serve under this flag as well as the previous two flags. The flag expanded to 24 stars with the addition of Missouri in 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 antebellum period. The compromise included the admission of Maine, a free state, which had separated from Massachusetts and become a state the previous year.
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