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Washington ordered the Grand Union flag hoisted above his base at Prospect Hill.
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Betsy Ross reported that she sewed the first American flag.
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In order to establish an official flag for the new nation, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."
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provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.
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Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner." It officially becomes the national anthem in 1931.
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Flag with 34 stars; Kansas (January 29, 1861)
Note: Even after the South seceded from the Union, President Lincoln would not allow any stars to be removed from the flag. -
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By act of Congress, the words "Under God" are inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance
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Flag with 50 stars Hawaii (August 21, 1959)
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