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1776
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January 1 -- The Grand Union flag is displayed on
Prospect Hill. It has 13 alternate red and white stripes and the British
Union Jack in the upper left-hand corner (the canton).
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1776
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May -- Betsy Ross reports that she sewed the first
American flag
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1777
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June 14 -- Continental Congress adopts the following: Resolved:
that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and
white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field,
representing a new constellation.(stars represent Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland,
South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and
Rhode Island)
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1787
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Captain Robert Gray carries the flag around the world
on his sailing vessel (around the tip of South America, to China, and
beyond). He discovered a great river and named it after his boat The
Columbia. His discovery was the basis of America's claim to the
Oregon Territory.
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1795
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Flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes (Vermont, Kentucky)
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1814
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September 14 -- Francis Scott Key writes "The
Star-Spangled Banner." It officially becomes the national anthem in
1931.
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1818
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Flag with 20 stars and 13 stripes (it remains at 13
hereafter) (Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi)
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1819
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Flag with 21 stars (Illinois)
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1820
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Flag with 23 stars (Alabama, Maine)
first flag on Pikes Peak
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1822
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Flag with 24 stars (Missouri)
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1836
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Flag with 25 stars (Arkansas)
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1837
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Flag with 26 stars (Michigan)
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1845
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Flag with 27 stars (Florida)
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1846
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Flag with 28 stars (Texas)
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1847
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Flag with 29 stars (Iowa)
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1848
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Flag with 30 stars (Wisconsin)
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1851
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Flag with 31 stars (California)
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1858
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Flag with 32 stars (Minnesota)
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1859
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Flag with 33 stars (Oregon)
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1861
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Flag with 34 stars; (Kansas)
first Confederate Flag (Stars and Bars) adopted in Montgomery, Alabama
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1863
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Flag with 35 stars (West Virginia)
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1865
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Flag with 36 stars (Nevada)
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1867
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Flag with 37 stars (Nebraska)
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1869
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First flag on a postage stamp
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1877
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Flag with 38 stars (Colorado)
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1890
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Flag with 43 stars (North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana, Washington, Idaho)
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1891
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Flag with 44 stars (Wyoming)
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1892
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"Pledge of Allegiance" first published in a
magazine called "The Youth's Companion," written by Francis
Bellamy. The words, "under God" were added on June 14, 1954.
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1896
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Flag with 45 stars (Utah)
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1908
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Flag with 46 stars (Oklahoma)
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1909
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Robert Peary places the flag his wife sewed atop the
North Pole. He left pieces of another flag along the way. He was never
censored for his action.
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1912
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Flag with 48 stars (New Mexico, Arizona)
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1945
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The flag that flew over Pearl Harbor on December 7,
1941, is flown over the White House on August 14, when the Japanese accepted
surrender terms.
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1949
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August 3 -- Truman signs bill requesting the President
call for Flag Day (June 14) observance each year by proclamation.
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1959
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Flag with 49 stars (Alaska)
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1960
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Flag with 50 stars (Hawaii)
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1963
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Flag placed on top of Mount Everest by Barry Bishop.
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1969
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July 20 -- The American flag is placed on the moon by
Neil Armstrong.
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1995
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December 12 -- The Flag Desecration Constitutional
Amendment is narrowly defeated in the Senate. The Amendment to the
Constitution would make burning the flag a punishable crime.
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