The stars on the United States flag represent the number of states in the union.Hawaii became the most recently incorporated, fiftieth, State of the United States on August 21, 1959, and, as tradition dictates, a new flag was adopted on July 4 of the following year. Therefore, since July 4, 1960, the US flag has had 50 stars.
It took Besty Ross 1 year to make the us flag.
The US flag had 49 stars for one year from 1959 July 4 to 1960.Both Alaska and Hawaii joined the union in 1959, with Alaska joining on January 3, and Hawaii joining after July 4 on August 21.On1960 July 4,the 50th star was added to the US flag to represent Hawaii, the 50th state, making the official flag the same one that is in use today.
There are currently 50 stars on the flag, but according to Star Trek: The Next Generation there will be 52 on the 4th of July on the year of 2033
the US Flag is red, white and blue.
The US adapted its fifty star version of the national flag in the year of 1960. The exact date that the United States 50-star flag was adapted was on July 4, 1960.
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Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state on August 21st, 1959. The 27th flag of the United States became the official flag on July 4th, 1960.
Yes because it is the flag of the United States.
The present-day US flag, the 50 stars and 13 stripes, was created on July 4, 1960.
when West Virginia was added on June 20, 1863
The US flag designed by a 13-year-old boy is the 1958 version created by Robert G. Heft. Heft designed the flag as part of a school project, incorporating 50 stars to represent each state, in anticipation of Hawaii's admission to the Union. His design was later adopted as the official flag of the United States on July 4, 1960.
The first US flag was made July 14, 1777
The stars on the United States flag represent the number of states in the union.Hawaii became the most recently incorporated, fiftieth, State of the United States on August 21, 1959, and, as tradition dictates, a new flag was adopted on July 4 of the following year. Therefore, since July 4, 1960, the US flag has had 50 stars.
The flag of the United States has had 50 stars since July 4, 1960 to today (August of 2010.)
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