This is, of course, in stark contrast to the actual American flag, which features 50 stars and 13 stripes. So what does a nine star flag mean in the U.S.? The American people have some concerns.

Forty-seven years had passed since the last star had been added to the American flag, before two new designs were flown for the first time over Fort McHenry within months in 1959. Arizona became ...

The 50-Star American Flag Began as a High School Project—and It Only Got a B. ... President Eisenhower told him that his flag design had been chosen out of over a thousand.

In the 1950s, American citizens sent Eisenhower unsolicited designs for the new flag. One made the cut; nearly 3,000 didn't. 12 Rejected Designs For America's 50-Star Flag ...

In 1945 there were only 48 stars on the flag because Alaska and Hawaii had yet to become states. The 50-star flag debuted in 1960, a year after the two non-contiguous territories achieved statehood.

The flag also has 50 stars, which are white and set against a blue background in the upper left corner. They represent the 50 states. What do the 13 stripes on the American flag represent?

The design of the first American flag is the stuff of legends – much of them in dispute – but the arrangement of the stars in the current 50-star flag was designed by: A. Norman Rockwell B.

Do The Math 13 Stripes and 51 Stars A mathematician figures out the best way to jam an extra star onto the American flag. Plus: Generate patterns for every possible flag up to 100 stars.

50 Alternate American Flags, Each A Secret Infographic The design studio Mgmt. hides telling data points inside their reimagined variations of the Stars and Stripes. SHARE ...