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The national flag of the United States of America, at times also the American flag or the U.S. flag, has thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white, with a blue rectangle with fifty white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen colonies that declared independence and became the first states in the U.S.

United States Flag Timeline

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I only started with the first flags used during the 1775 revolution as there were more in use before and after that period.

star graphic  1775 - Sons of Liberty flag
star graphic  1776 - January - The Grand Union flag is displayed on Prospect Hill.
star graphic  1776 - May - Betsy Ross introduced the first American flag
star graphic  1777 - Optional 13-star flag, in the 3-2-3-2-3 pattern.
star graphic  1777 - June — Continental Congress selects 13-star flag.
star graphic  1795 - Flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes - states added.
star graphic  1818 - Flag with 20 stars and 13 stripes - states added.
star graphic  1819 - Flag with 21 stars - state added.
star graphic  1820 - Flag with 23 stars - states added.
star graphic  1822 - Flag with 24 stars - states added.
star graphic  1836 - Flag with 25 stars - state added.
star graphic  1837 - Flag with 26 stars - state added.
star graphic  1845 - Flag with 27 stars - state added.
star graphic  1846 - Flag with 28 stars - state added.
star graphic  1847 - Flag with 29 stars - state added.
star graphic  1848 - Flag with 30 stars - state added.
star graphic  1851 - Flag with 31 stars - state added.
star graphic  1858 - Flag with 32 stars - state added.
star graphic  1859 - Flag with 33 stars - state added.
star graphic  1861 - Flag with 34 stars - state added.
star graphic  1863 - Flag with 35 stars - state added.
star graphic  1865 - Flag with 36 stars - state added.
star graphic  1867 - Flag with 37 stars - state added.
star graphic  1877 - Flag with 38 stars - state added.
star graphic  1890 - Flag with 43 stars - states added.
star graphic  1891 - Flag with 44 stars - state added.
star graphic  1896 - Flag with 45 stars - state added.
star graphic  1908 - Flag with 46 stars - state added.
star graphic  1912 - Flag with 48 stars - states added.
star graphic  1959 - Flag with 49 stars - state added.
star graphic  1960 - Flag with 50 stars - state added.

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