Fifty, the same as now. The last state admitted to the union of the United States was Hawaii in 1959.
13 Stars were on the flag=We didn't have more state until the Louisana Purchase=
The U.S. adopted the 50-star flag in 1960, the year before John F. Kennedy's presidency began.
The American flag is commonly referred to as the "Stars and Stripes" or the "Old Glory."
The blue flag represents the fact that Washington was at one time the military leader of the nation.
There have always been 13 stripes on the American flag, as the stripes represent the 13 original colonies. In 1846, there were 28 stars on the flag.
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There were 15 stars in the American flag while George Washington was president.
There are three stars on Washington DC's flag.
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I think 13
there were 13 when he became president and 3 moreadded while in office16 altogether.
Since George Washington lived during the times of the American Revolution, there were only 13 stars on the US flag because there were 13 colonies in America.
There is 50 stars on my flag which is the American flag's number of stars.
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When Thomas Jefferson was president there were fifteen stars ont the flag.
That's President Obama.
The US flag had 31 stars while Pierce was President.
When James Monroe became president in 1817, there were 20 stars on the American flag. This was because three new states (Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi) had joined the Union since the previous change to the flag's design. Each state was represented by a star on the flag.