Do you know how many versions of the flag have appeared in the history of the Lighthouse Nation?
The answer is: 21 versions! But since the official proclamation of statehood, since 1776, there have been 18 versions. This article will take some of them that I thought looked good or a little special lighthouse flag to share.
The stars on the flag of the Lighthouse Nation change
As mentioned above, the first official flag of the Lighthouse Nation contained 13 stars. Why do they even use the number of "13"? Because the first sovereign state established in the Lighthouse State is composed of 13 states.
The first flag of the Lighthouse Nation (13 stars) was born on June 14, 1777, so June 14 of each year is Flag Day for the Lighthouse Nation.
The first officially used flag of the lighthouse, 1776, 13 star edition
In 1791 and 1792, Faymont and Kentucky joined the Commonwealth of the United States of America. On January 13, 1794, President George Washington signed the Act adjusting the design of the American flag. Since then, two stars and two horizontal stripes have been added to the flag of the Lighthouse Nation, for a total of 15 stars and 15 horizontal stripes, marking the official formation of Vermont and Kentucky as part of the U.S. Federation.
The second official flag of the Lighthouse Nation, the 15-star version
In December 1817, "by decree, from 4 July of the following year onwards, the flag of the Lighthouse Nation was fixed at 13 stripes, with a red and white color, and 22 white stars on a blue background representing the Federation." The decree also stipulates that "the number of stars on the flag shall be consistent with the number of states of the Federation, and that after the accession of the new states, the time of entry into force for the additional stars is July 4 of the following year." ”
In 1818, the lighthouse nation Francisco wrote the national anthem called "Star-Spangled Banner" for the lighthouse nation, and since then, the lighthouse flag has been called "Star-Spangled Banner".
The Lighthouse State was added from the 16th state in 1796 to 26 continents in 1821
16. Tennessee, which became the sixteenth state of the United States on June 1, 1796;
17. Ohio, which became the seventeenth state of the United States on March 1, 1803;
18. Louisiana, which became the eighteenth state of the United States on April 30, 1812;
19. Indiana, which became the nineteenth state of the United States on December 11, 1916;
20. Mississippi, which became the twentieth state of the United States on December 10, 1817;
21. Illinois, which became the twenty-first state of the United States on December 3, 1818;
22. Alabama, December 14, 1819, listed as the twenty-second state of the United States;
23. Maine, which broke away from Massachusetts in 1820 and became a state of its own, listed as the twenty-third state of the United States;
24. Missouri, which became the twenty-fourth state of the United States on August 10, 1821;
Version of 1822
The 25th state was Arkansas, which became the twenty-fifth state of the United States on June 15, 1836. Michigan became the twenty-sixth state of the United States on January 26, 1837.
The 1837 version, a total of 26 stars, you can count clearly?
27. Florida became the twenty-seventh state of the United States on March 3, 1845. (Withdrew in 1861 and rejoined the United States in 1868);
28. Texas, which became the twenty-eighth state of the United States in 1845;
29. Iowa, which became the twenty-ninth state of the United States on December 28, 1846;
30. Wisconsin, which became the thirtieth state of the United States on May 29, 1848;
31. California, on September 9, 1850, became the thirty-first state of the United States;
32. Minnesota, which became the thirty-second state of the United States on May 11, 1858;
33. Oregon, which became the thirty-third state of the United States on February 14, 1859;
34. Kansas, which became the thirty-fourth state of the United States on January 29, 1861;
35. West Virginia, which joined the Union in 1863 as the thirty-fifth state of the United States;
36. Nevada became the thirty-sixth state of the United States on October 31, 1864.
In the 1865 version, how many stars can you count?
So the 1865 version of the Star Flag contained 36 stars.
38. Colorado, which became the thirty-eighth state of the United States on August 1, 1867;
39. North Dakota, on November 2, 1889, South Dakota became both the thirty-ninth and fortyth states of the United States;
40. South Dakota, which on November 2, 1889 became the thirty-ninth and fortyth states of the United States at the same time as North Dakota;
41. Montana, which became the forty-first state of the United States on November 8, 1889;
42. Washington State, which became the forty-second state of the United States on November 11, 1889;
43. Idaho, which became the forty-third state of the United States on July 3, 1890;
44. Wyoming, which became the forty-fourth state of the United States on July 10, 1890;
45. Utah, which became the forty-fifth state of the United States on January 4, 1896;
46. Oklahoma, which became the forty-sixth state of the United States on November 16, 1907;
47. New Mexico, which became the forty-seventh state of the United States on January 6, 1912;
48. Arina, which became the forty-eighth state of the United States on February 14, 1912;
49. Alaska, in 1867 Russia sold Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million, becoming the forty-ninth state of the United States; (at that time, because of the war situation, Russia was unable to fight multilaterally, so it dumped Alaska to the United States, which also caused the polar bears to regret things to this day, which involved the dispute between the two countries over the resources of the Arctic Circle).
50. The state of Hawaii, which was incorporated into the United States in 1900 and became the fiftieth state of the United States on August 21, 1959;
Also: Washington, D.C., designated as the capital in 1790 (moved from Philadelphia in 1800).
In 1959 Robert M. Robert G. Heft designed the modern-known pattern of the flag of the lighthouse state when he was a high school student in Ohio. In the same year, Hawaii was incorporated into the Lighthouse Nation. On July 4, 1960, the flag of the Lighthouse Nation was modified 26 times to become a 50-star version of the Star-Spangled Banner. The bill of Congress strictly regulates the height, width and color of the flag.
1960 edition, in use edition.
The shape of the flag of the lighthouse country is rectangular; the ratio of the length and width of the national flag is 19:10, the picture pattern is composed of two parts, the upper left box of the flag is arranged with 50 stars, 6 rows and 5 rows are arranged alternately, a total of 9 rows; the rest of the flag is 13 horizontal strips, and the color of the flag of the lighthouse country is composed of red/white horizontal bars, white stars, and blue frames.