Hattingdon wears a top hat inspired by the combination of red and white stripes along with a dark blue hatband decorated with white stars for this year’s Flag Day. Isn’t she sweet?
Let’s check out some history.
First flag
On this day, June 14th, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the United States national flag. It had 13 stars and 13 stripes symbolizing the 13 original colonies.
Fifteen stars
The United States added stars to the flag when welcoming new states.
When Kentucky and Vermont joined the union, the flag took on two more stars from the original. From 1795 to 1818, 15 stripes and 15 stars graced the flag.
Anticipating a crowded field of stripes, lawmakers decided to honor a new added state with a star, leaving the stripes at the original 13 after 1818.
Robert G. Heft
The current flag, with 50 stars and 13 stripes, was designed in 1958 by 17-year-old high school student, Robert G. Heft, of Lancaster, Ohio.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower chose his design out of 1,500 entries. It is a grand old flag — as the song says — isn’t it?!
See you again here soon.
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