New stars were added to the American flag on July 4th of the year following their admission to the Union.
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The flag of New Zealand has four stars, representing the southern cross.
There are four stars on the flag of New Zealand.
The four stars on the New Zealand flag represent the Southern Cross constellation, Crux.
4 stars are featured on the NSW flag.
Australia's flag has six stars, representing the Southern Cross constellation and the Commonwealth Star, while New Zealand's flag has four stars, which also represent the Southern Cross. Therefore, Australia has more stars on its flag than New Zealand.
On the US flag it is when a new state is added.
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 stars on the New Zealand flag represent the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross, as it is seen from New Zealand.
The flag of the United States of America started out with 13 stars representing the first 13 states of the nation. As new states were admitted to the USA we added a new star to our flag for each. Sometimes several states were admitted in the same year so we added multiple stars to our flag at one time. In total there were 27 official flags of the USA from 13 stars to the current 50 star flag.
there were only 13 stars in 1912 The US flag started the year 1912 with 46 stars. After New Mexico (Jan) and Arizona (Feb) became states, the 48 star version was adopted July 4, 1912.
The stars on a flag often represent various symbols such as states, territories, or commonwealths in a country. In the case of the United States flag, the stars represent the states in the union. Each star symbolizes a state and the flag's design allows for stars to be added as new states join the country.