The American flag differs considerably because Congress was not exact with the proportions, dimensions, stars or shapes patterns.
-According to legend, Betsy Ross sewed and designed the first ever American flag however many historians do not agree.
-The man who handsewn the first ever flag is not known however the man who designed it is known as Mr. Francis Hopkinson.
-A Flag Resolution which came out in the year 1777 was passed by the Second Continental Congress on the 14th of June in 1977 which makes the Betsy Ross flag an official one. – It is currently commemorated every year and called it Flag Day.
-Only George Washington was the president to have served under this flag.
1777-1795
– The 15 Stars on the flag which features with 15 stripes to signify the 13 major states including Kentucky and Vermont.
-It was created by Ms. Mary Pickersgill together with her one daughter.
– The year 1812 had this flag was hoisted all over Fort McHenry, which led Francis Scott Key to compose the poem Star Spangled which was made into a song and later became America’s national anthem.
-The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History displays the US Flag.
-The officials who served under this particular flag are James Monroe, James Madison, George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
-The American flag with 20 stars is known as the Flag of 1818 and also as Great Star Flag.
-The Flag Act of 1818 was passed by Congress to which they added five more stars on the flag and changed the stripes from 15 to 13.
-The five added stars stands for the states Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi.
-The US flag was created by Navy Captain Samuel Reid.
-James Monroe was the first and only president to reign under this particular flag between the years 1818 to 1819.