The history of the American Flag
The 38-star flag would fly for 13 years. 1890 1891Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) A flurry of state admissions improved the star total on the flag to 43 by July 4, 1890, as statehood completed the United States in the high plains and the far west. Five states were admitted to the Union and five stars included to the flag: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington all in 1889, and Idaho in 1890.
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Wyoming was the last of the six, boosting the number of stars on the flag to 44. Wyoming was confessed on July 10, 1890, although it was 5,000-people short of the 60,000-person requirement to end up being a state. 1896 1908Grover Cleveland (1893-1897), William McKinley (1897-1901), and Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) Utah became a state on Jan.
Nevertheless, the area that would end up being Utah had become part of the United States given that the nation got the territory as part of a treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848. Mormons settled in the area, and their practice of polygamy avoided Utah from ending up being a state up until Mormons renounced polygamy in the state constitution.
Taft (1909-1913) Oklahoma became the very first state to be admitted to the Union in the 20th century, on Nov. 16, 1907, taking its location on the U.S. flag as the 46th star the following year. The United States had used the Oklahoma territory to transplant Native American individuals, but by the late 19th century, Texas ranchers started moving northward and the federal government decided to open the territory for homesteaders.
Taft (1909-1913), Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), Warren Harding (1921-1923), Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929), Herbert Hoover (1929-1933), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945), Harry S.Truman (1945-1953), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) The southwestern territories of New Mexico and Arizona were the last to sign up with the 48 contiguous states. New Mexico became the 47th state on Jan. 6, 1912, and Arizona obtained statehood on Feb.
The 48-star flag flew longer than any other flag prior to it, 47 years, and eight presidents served under it. 1959 1960President Eisenhower (1953-1961) Alaska ended up being the first non-contiguous area to become a state on Jan. 3, 1959, and the 49th star on the U.S. flag. Alaska, which was bought from Russia in 1867, is 2.
The 49-star flag was the last of the 9 flags to fly for just one year. 1960 presentPresidents Eisenhower (1953-1961), John F. Kennedy (1961-1963), Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969), Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974), Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977), Jimmy Carter (1977-1981), Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) George H.W. Bush (1989-1993), William Clinton (1993-2001), George W.
The 50-star flag has actually flown the longest of any U.S. flag, and in July it will have flown for 59 years. Twelve presidents have served under this flag.24/ here 7 Wall Street is an U.S.A. TODAY content partner providing monetary news and commentary. Its content is produced individually of USA TODAY.
On January 1, 1776, the Continental Army was restructured in accordance with a Congressional resolution, which put American forces under George Washington's control. On that Brand-new Year's Day the Continental Army was laying siege to Boston, which had been taken control of by the British Army. Washington purchased the Grand Union flag raised above his base at Prospect Hill.