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.
The Union Jack is the flag of Great Britain. I will assume you mean the Union vs. the Confederate flag of the American Civil War. Although Kansas attained status on January 29, 1861 as the 34th state, Ft. Sumter was still flying the 33-star flag when it was bombarded in April. Therefore, it could be argued just as effectively that the first official flag of the U.S. (Union) Army of the Civil War was the older, 33-star banner or the newer, 34-star version. However, the official flag of the Union when war broke out was the 34-star Kansas-inclusive version adopted at the end of January, 1861. Many versions followed, some representing states and others brigades and various military units.
The US flag added its fiftieth star on July 4, 1960. This star represented Hawaii, which became the 50th state of the United States on August 21, 1959. The design of the flag has remained unchanged since then.
the first 13 star flag by Betsy ross
There is no official designation for which state each star represents.
The fifty stars on the American flag represent the fifty states of the United States. Each star is a symbol of unity and equality among the states, reflecting their status as equal members of the nation. The stars are arranged on a blue field, which symbolizes the Union, while the red and white stripes represent the original thirteen colonies. Together, they embody the ideals of freedom and democracy that the country stands for.
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McHenry
what was the first year that the united states flew the 60 stars u.s. flag
Because that is the flag of the United States and the one the Marine Corps is currently defending.
The fifty stars on the flag represent the fifty states.
On 21 august 1959 when Hawaii became the 50th US state
Each star represents one of the fifty states in the United States of America.
There are 50 stars on the flag representing the 50 states that make up the United State of America. The 13 stripes (alternating red and white) represent the 13 original colonies. Those 13 are:DelawarePennsylvaniaNew JerseyGeorgiaConnecticutMassachusettsMarylandSouth CarolinaNew HampshireVirginiaNew YorkNorth CarolinaRhode IslandThe flags that followed and the states it represented being added are:15 Star flag (1795-1818) - Vermont, Kentucky20 Star flag (1818-1819) - Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee21 Star flag (1819-1830) - Illinois23 Star flag (1820-1822) - Alabama, Maine24 Star flag (1822-1836) - Missouri25 Star flag (1836-1837) - Arkansas26 Star flag (1837-1845) - Michigan27 Star flag (1845-1846) - Florida28 Star flag (1846-1847) - Texas29 Star flag (1847-1848) - Iowa30 Star flag (1848-1851) - Wisconsin31 Star flag (1851-1858) - California32 Star flag (1858-1859) - Minnesota33 Star flag (1859-1861) - Oregon34 Star flag (1861-1863) - Kansas35 Star flag (1863-1865) - West Virginia36 Star flag (1865-1867) - Nevada37 Star flag (1867-1877) - Nebraska38 Star flag (1877-1890) - Colorado43 Star flag (1890-1891) - Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington44 Star flag (1891-1896) - Wyoming45 Star flag (1896-1908) - Utah46 Star flag (1908-1912) - Oklahoma48 Star flag (1912-1959) - Arizona, New Mexico49 Star flag (1959-1960) - Alaska50 Star flag (1960-present) - Hawaii
You'll want to fly the most recent version of the American flag on top. You can then fly the historical version below and normally etiquette will say to fly a smaller size for that historical one. The 50 Star American flag should always be the most prominent.
The stars that were formed to make a circle on the original United States of America flag represented the Thirteen Original Colonies, therefore there were thirteen stars. Now that there are fifty states in the U.S. the flag star arrangement has changed to show fifty stars formed to make a rectangle on the top left corner of out flag.
June 14, 1777 (original 13-star version)July 4, 1960 (current 50-stars version)
one star for every million ignorant stupid fat people that are present in the us. i hear they are about to raise the numbers of them