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Meanings of shapes
The Stripes and stripes originally represented the original 13 colonies -
Creator
It is thought that Betty Ross created the first flag -
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American Flag's History
A timeline about the American Flag's history and some identifying features. Based on the children's book "Red, White, and Blue. The story of the American Flag" -
Different variations
Congress had decided that the flag would have 13 red and white stripes, 13 white stars on a blue background. But they didn't specify this, so you had many variations running around in the early days of the country -
Star Spangled Banner
The British bomb an American Fort in Maryland. All night a man named Francis Scott Key watched the battle and sees a flag flying through all the chaos, signifying the American's victory. He writes a poem that would later be put to music and become the National Anthem of the United States -
Changes to the flag
The American Flag now has 15 stripes and 15 stars because 2 more states were added to the union. After this, the flag went back to 13 stripes and only added stars for each state -
Star update
26 stars now on the flag -
Flag update 2
31 stars now on the flag -
Civil War
Civil War erupts, Southern states fly their own flag and some people wanted 11 stars taken off the U.S. Flag. Lincoln refused because he thought all the states should be under one flag -
Flag Day
One June 14, 1877 the American Flag turned 100 years old. People celebrated across the country and Flag Day was born. -
Moon Landing
In 1969, 2 American Astronauts left behind an American Flag on the moon and it still stands their today -
Flag today
Today the flag has 50 stars on it and can be found in a wide variety of places.