How many stars are on the US flag?

How many stars are on the US flag?

State-side there’s a campaign to have the capital, Washington D.C., become a state too. There also exist plans for a 52, 53, 54 and even a 55-star flag should there be cause for one. Bonus Fact: The 13 colonies to declare independence from Great Britain in 1776 are represented by the 13 stripes on the current U.S. flag.

Are there plans for a 55 Star flag?

There also exist plans for a 52, 53, 54 and even a 55-star flag should there be cause for one. Bonus Fact: The 13 colonies to declare independence from Great Britain in 1776 are represented by the 13 stripes on the current U.S. flag.

What does the 51 star flag look like?

Should a 51 st state become a reality there’s already proposed future designs for the updated flag. The first is similar to the descending rows of stars [6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6] we have today. On the 51-star version the rows of stars would descend: 9-8-9-8-9-8. A second draft of the 51-star flag sees the row pattern altered to: 6-7-8-9-8-7-6.

When was the Stars and Stripes added to the flag?

When the Stars and Stripes was adopted in 1777 there were 13 states (then colonies), thus a 13-star flag, and as each new state was admitted to the union a star was added to the flag.

State-side there’s a campaign to have the capital, Washington D.C., become a state too. There also exist plans for a 52, 53, 54 and even a 55-star flag should there be cause for one. Bonus Fact: The 13 colonies to declare independence from Great Britain in 1776 are represented by the 13 stripes on the current U.S. flag.

There also exist plans for a 52, 53, 54 and even a 55-star flag should there be cause for one. Bonus Fact: The 13 colonies to declare independence from Great Britain in 1776 are represented by the 13 stripes on the current U.S. flag.

Should a 51 st state become a reality there’s already proposed future designs for the updated flag. The first is similar to the descending rows of stars [6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6] we have today. On the 51-star version the rows of stars would descend: 9-8-9-8-9-8. A second draft of the 51-star flag sees the row pattern altered to: 6-7-8-9-8-7-6.

When the Stars and Stripes was adopted in 1777 there were 13 states (then colonies), thus a 13-star flag, and as each new state was admitted to the union a star was added to the flag.