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