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See how we grew Our American Flag Slide 2 Betsy Ross Flag 1776 Legend Betsy Ross was visited by a committee of the Continental Congress Commissioned to make a new American Flag Never verified Fact Betsy Ross was a flag-maker Designed flags for the Navy http://www.usflag.org/history/betsyrossflag.html Slide 3 On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress, seeking to promote national pride and unity, adopted the national flag First official American Flag 1777 - 1818 http://www.usflag.org/history Slide 4 Congressional Acts Act of January 13, 1794 Act of April 4, 1818 Executive Order of President Taft, June 24, 1912 Executive Order of President Eisenhower, January 3, 1958 Executive Order of President Eisenhower, August 21, 1959 http://www.usflag.org/history Slide 5 Congressional Acts http://www.usflag.org/history Slide 6 Act of January 13, 1794 Fifteen stripes Fifteen stars Implemented after May 1795 http://www.usflag.org/history Slide 7 Act of April 4, 1818 Thirteen stripes One star for every state http://www.usflag.org/history Implemented every July 4th Slide 8 Executive Order of President Taft June 24, 1912 Stars in six horizontal rows of eight each Single point of each star to be upward http://www.usflag.org/history Slide 9 Executive Order of President Eisenhower January 3, 1959 Stars in seven rows of seven Staggered horizontally and vertically http://www.usflag.org/history Slide 10 Executive Order of President Eisenhower August 21, 1959 Stars in nine rows staggered horizontally Stars in eleven rows staggered vertically http://www.usflag.org/history Slide 11 Our Current Flag Thirteen horizontal stripes Seven Red Six White Represent the Original Thirteen Colonies Fifty white stars on blue background Represent the current fifty states http://www.usflag.org/history Slide 12 Red, White, Blue Slide 13