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George Washington ordered the Grand Union flag to be hung over base. It had 13 alternate red and white stripes and British Union Jack in the upper left-hand corner.
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Besty Ross sewed the first American Flag
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First Flag Act was passed "Resolved: the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; white in blue field, representing a new constellation"
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Provided for 15 stripes and stars after May 1795
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provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state to be added on the 4th of July following admission of each new state
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Established proportions of the flag and stars arranged in six horizontal rows, eight in each
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provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each
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provided for an arrangement of the stars of nine rows of stars staggered hortizonally and eleven rows of stars vertically
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The flag as we see it today in 2012. Thirteen stripes repersenting the 13 colonies and 50 stars, for the fifty states.
