In 1824 there were 24 stars on the flag of the United States of America. The 22nd star was added in 1822 when Missouri joined the union. In 1836 when Arkansas joined the union we added another star for a total of 25.
There are 50 stars on the US flag. They represent each of the 50 states in the union. There are also 13 stripes on the flag to represent the original 13 states that joined the union.
they didn't pick the flag a lady knit the flag and every state that joined the union they kept on changing the numbers of stars in the U.S flag.
New stars are added to the American flag whenever a new state officially joins the Union. The flag has had 50 stars since Hawaii joined in 1960.
In 1854, the American flag had 31 stars. This configuration was adopted on July 4, 1851, after the admission of California as a state in 1850. The number of stars on the flag changed over the years as new states joined the Union, with the flag eventually reaching 50 stars in 1960.
The Union Flag was the Stars and Stripes. The Confederate flag was the stars and bars, representing many fewer states.
The union is the stars.
the stars on the American flag represent the states.
The U.S. flag in 1862 had 34 stars. This design was in use from July 4, 1861, until July 3, 1863, reflecting the admission of Kansas as a state in 1861. The stars represented the states in the Union at that time, and the flag evolved as more states joined.
I live in Florida which became the 27th State in the United States on March 3, 1845.
When President William Harrison left office in 1841, the U.S. flag had 26 stars. The 26 stars represented the 26 states in the Union at that time, with Texas being the most recent state to join on December 29, 1845. The flag would later be updated as more states joined the Union.
There are 50 stars on the flag thus they represent the fifty states of the Union.