We all are familiar with the current American flag – thirteen interchanging horizontal white and red stripes, coupled with a rectangular patch of royal blue on the upper left corner filled with 50 stars to denote the 50 states that are part of the jurisdiction of the USA. Here are some small facts on its creation.
It was a 17 year old boy by the name of Robert Heft who designed the first 50-star American flag. Hailing from Ohio, he was then a sophomore in high school when he hand sewn this piece of iconic symbolism in 1958. This happened even prior to the inclusion of Alaska and Hawaii – which makes this somewhat mysteriously a coincidence or some sort of foreseen future.
The creation of the 50-star American flag design was just an assignment to them by their teacher Mr. Stan Pratt. The teacher told them to have a project of their choosing and will be graded for creativity. While others were fiddling with their minds on what to do, Robert Heft already knew the exact ting he would be doing.
So he took his parents’ then 48-star US flag, cut the compartments apart, and rearranged the stars to allow two more stars to be added in an orderly manner. Call it a touch of clairvoyance or just mere coincidence, his simple modification gave way to the pattern being used as the present day American flag when Alaska and Hawaii were included in the roster of states under the US sovereign.
It was since 1912 that the US flag was last modified. His small, simple, yet bold gesture would be part of history, perhaps as a mere coincidence but still awesome nonetheless.