When ever we annexed a new state.
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.
the old flag
to represent all states added
New stars were added to the American flag on July 4th of the year following their admission to the Union.
In 2016, there are 50 stars on the flag of the United States of America and each star represents a state in the union.
The current flag of the United States of America has 50 stars representing 50 states. When Hawaii was admitted to the U.S.A. a 50th star was added to our 49 star flag on July 4th, 1960. New stars are added to the flag on July 4th following the date when the new state was admitted to the U.S.A. July 4th is the date of our formal Declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776.
It represents the 50 states of America. It was 1959 when the flag added a fiftieth star to the flag.
There is no true meaning to the blue on the American flag. Betsy Ross added the blue to make the stars brighter. The original flag was read and had red stars.
On the US flag it is when a new state is added.
There is 50 stars on my flag which is the American flag's number of stars.
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There is no such thing as the American flag, with or without stars.