| On January 1, 1776 that the Continental army | | | | actually designed and made this flag but it |
| was reorganized and attuned according to a | | | | is said that it was Francis Hopkinson, a |
| Congressional resolution which announced | | | | Continental Congress member, designed the |
| American forces to the command of George | | | | flag.However, between 1777 and 1960, the |
| Washington.The same day, the American | | | | Congress put into practice the procedures |
| Continental Army was obstructing Boston which | | | | that varied its shape, design and structure |
| had been taken over by the British army. It | | | | of the flag. And it was decided that there |
| has been said that the first American flag | | | | was a need for additional starts to represent |
| was made in May of 1776 by Betsy Ross, a | | | | all the states of America.It was on January |
| Philadelphia seamstress who was actually an | | | | 3, 1959 that President Eisenhower issued an |
| acquaintance of George Washington and a | | | | administrative order which states that the |
| friend with other prominent and high-ranking | | | | arrangement of the stars should be in six |
| Philadelphians.What Ross had in his mind was | | | | horizontal rows of eight, each single point |
| the five-pointed star is used instead of the | | | | of every star directed upward.In 1791 and |
| star with six points justifying that the | | | | 1792, after Kentucky and Vermont were added |
| five-pointed star can be cut off easily with | | | | to the Union, two stars and two stripes were |
| a few trims of the scissors.The first | | | | added during 1795.This stimulated lawyer |
| informal flag of America was called the Grand | | | | Francis Scott Key to write and compose a poem |
| Union Flag, also known as the Continental | | | | which later became the U.S. National |
| Colors. It was hoisted at the order and | | | | Anthem.It was in 1818 that five more states |
| authority of General Washington close to his | | | | had been added and declared and the Congress |
| headquarters outside Boston January 1, | | | | decided to pass legislation that fixes the |
| 1776.This first unofficial flag was form of | | | | number of stars and stripes. The stars would |
| thirteen alternating white and red horizontal | | | | have equal numbers as the states.On July 4, |
| stripes, with the British Union Flag in the | | | | 1960, the last new star was added after |
| canton.On June 14, 1777, the first official | | | | Hawaii became a state, which gives a total |
| American flag was accepted by the Continental | | | | number of fifty stars.All along 200 years the |
| Congress. This flag was also known as the | | | | American Flag has been the insignia of the |
| Stars and Stripes for it consisted of 13 | | | | nation's supremacy and synchronization that |
| stars which represented the first 13 | | | | holds millions of citizens together in |
| colonies. There is not enough evident of who | | | | attaining one goal. |