The American flags vary dramatically since Congress did not state exact proportions, dimensions, stars or shapes patterns.
-Betsy Ross according to legend was the first to design and sew the US flag but many historians disagree.
-The man who sewed the first flag might be unknown but the designer was known as Mr. Francis Hopkinson.
-On June in the year 1777, there was a Flag Resolution in the year 1777 which was passed by the Second Continental Congress which made the flag of Betsy Ross official. This is commemorated every year as the Flag Day.
-George Washington was lone president to have served using this particular flag.
1777-1795
– The 15 Stars Star Spangled Banner which is embossed with 15 stars/stripes to symbolize the 13 main states plus Kentucky & Vermont as additional.
-This design was made by Mary Pickersgill with the help of a daughter.
– In the year 1812 the US flag was raised through Fort McHenry, which prompted Francis Scott Key to compose the Star Spangled poem which was made to a song and became America’s national anthem.H
-The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History exhibits the Star Spangled Banner.
– James Monroe, James Madison, George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson are the officials who served under this flag
-The American flag with 20 stars is known as the Great Star Flag and also as the Flag of 1818.
-The Flag Act of 1818 was passed by Congress in which the added five stars to the design on the flag and lowered the number of stripes to 13.
The states Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi symbolizes the five additional stars.
Navy Captain Samuel Reid designed the flag.
The only US president to have served under this flag was James Monroe between the years 1818 to 1819.