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Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual arrangements of the stars and odd proportions, these features being left to the discretion of the flag maker. In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following:. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following: Flag Resolution of June 14, , stated, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.

Color Symbolism. Red symbolizes Hardiness and Valor. White symbolizes Purity and Innocence. Blue represents Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice. Act of April 4, provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state, signed by President Monroe. Executive Order of President Taft, June 24, established proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward.

Originally part of the Louisiana Purchase, Iowa grew dramatically because of its rich farmland. Iowa had been established as a U. Wisconsin became a state on May 29, , adding the 30th star to the U. Not all residents of Wisconsin were enthusiastic about statehood. They had rejected it four times previously because they were concerned statehood would mean higher taxes. The Gold Rush that began with the discovery of the precious metal in helped fast-track California to statehood in California became the 31st star on the American flag the following July 4.

The admission of California fulfilled America's manifest destiny of a nation extending from sea to sea. On the eve of the Civil War, Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, , and represented as the 32nd state on the flag less than two months later. Minnesota was admitted as a free state. America's expansion surged to the Northwest with the admission of Oregon on Feb. Oregon, which had become a U.

Kansas became the 34th state to join the Union. Voter fraud over whether the state would be admitted as a slave state or a free state delayed its admission. Kansas joined the Union on Jan. The onset of the Civil War did not halt the admission of states to the Union. The western part of Virginia was pro-Union and contained many abolitionists. It split from the rest of the state, which had seceded.

President Abraham Lincoln was unsure about dividing Virginia and admitting the western portion as a separate state. He agreed to its admission on the grounds that West Virginia's action was an act of secession in favor of the Constitution. West Virginia joined the Union on June 20, , and a new flag on July 4 included the 35th state. The Civil War was engulfing the nation when Nevada was admitted as the 36th state on Oct. Nevada was pro-Union and President Abraham Lincoln saw Nevada's admission as a way to buttress support for the war.

To speed up statehood, Nevada sent its entire state constitution to Washington, D. Grant , and Rutherford B. Hayes Nebraska was the first state to be admitted to the Union after the Civil War. After the Civil War, rapid economic development accelerated by the growth of railroads helped speed Nebraska's admission to the Union on March 1, , becoming the nation's 37th state and the 37th star on the flag. Hayes , James A.

Garfield , Chester A. Arthur , Grover Cleveland , and Benjamin Harrison Colorado, a territory that partially came with the Louisiana Purchase in , became the 38th state to join the Union on Aug.

Grant approved it. The star flag would fly for 13 years.



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