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Hello i would...

Originally Posted by sheila_baby

Hello I would like the history of the usa flags . Sheila

[howellhartb]

Hi sheila,
I can give you a bit of the history of the flag. No one is sure who the designer of the flag really was. In 1777 the first flag act was passed. The flag would consist of 13 stripes of red and blue and 13 stars on blue background. These represented the original 13 colonies.
In 1794 a new act provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars on the flag.
In 1818 an new act reverted the flag back to 13 stripes and 1 star for each state.
in 1912 proportions for the flag were established and the arrangement of the stars was provided for. Before this there were no provisions and although most mounted the stars in rows you could find flags with stars put on in other patterns.

The number of stars changed as states were added.

the colors have meaning also. the Red stands for courage, white stands for purity and blue stands for loyalty and vigilance.

there are some very good sites on flag history. Go to a search engine such as google.com and type in American flag. It will give you many sites to choose from.

[bergey52]

can someone tell me the history of the military flagpole. My uncle has a company that makes them for the military and has done so since 1972. he is interested when the first plagpole was used by the military. thnaks