THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
HISTORY OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
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13
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48
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15
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50
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Detailed explanation-1: -How many stars and stripes are on the flag? There are 50 stars representing the 50 states and there are 13 stripes representing the 13 original colonies. from The CIA World Factbook.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -On January 3, 1959, President Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10798 establishing the design of the 49-star flag. On July 4, 1959, this flag was first officially raised over Fort McHenry National Historic Site with Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton presiding.
Detailed explanation-4: -For an American history project during his junior year of high school in 1958, Bob Heft created a 50-star flag. The only problem was that at the time there were only 48 states. Bob had a hunch that two more states would be added and in 1959, Alaska and Hawaii became our 49th and 50th states.