4C COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL June 8, 2016
43 Star Flag
21st Official U.S. Flag
July 4, 1890
38 Star Flag
20th Official U.S. Flag
July 4, 1877
The 43-Star Flag: This Flag became the
Official United States Flag on
July 4th, 1890. Five stars were added
for the admission of North Dakota (the
39th State on November 2nd, 1889),
South Dakota (the 40th State on
November 2nd,1889), Montana (the 41st
State on November 8th,1889),
Washington (the 42nd State on
November 11th,1889), and Idaho (the
43rd State on July 3rd, 1890) and
was to last for just 1 year. The only
President to serve under this flag was
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
The 38-Star Flag: This Flag became the
Official United States Flag on
July 4th, 1877. A star was added for
the admission of Colorado (August 1st
1876) and was to last for 13
years. The five Presidents to serve under
this flag were; Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-
1881), James A. Garfield
(1881), Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885),
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889), and
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
When the Flag is flown at half-staff, it should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant and
then lowered to the half-staff position, half the distance between top and bottom of the staff.
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Fact: Of the five presidents who served in
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When the U.S. Flag is displayed from a wall, other than from a staff, display it flat,
horizontally or vertically, union being the uppermost and the flag’s own right.
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44 Star Flag
22nd Official U.S. Flag
July 4, 1891
45 Star Flag
23rd Official U.S. Flag
July 4, 1896
The 44-Star Flag: This Flag became the
Official United States Flag on
July 4th, 1891. A star was added for
the admission of Wyoming (July 10,
1890) and was to last for 5 years.
The Presidents to serve under this flag
were Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) and
Grover Cleveland (1893-1897).
Fact: Grover Cleveland answered the
White House phone personally.
The Baby Ruth candy bar was named
after Cleveland’s baby daughter Ruth.
Cleveland was the only President married
The U.S. Flag that flew over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, is flown over the White in the White House.
House on August 14, when the Japanese accepted surrender terms.
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The 45-Star Flag: This Flag became the
Official United States Flag on
July 4th, 1896. A star was added for
the admission of Utah on January 4th,
1896, and was to last for 12
years. The Presidents to serve under this
flag were Grover Cleveland (1893-1897),
William McKinley (1897-1901), and
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909).
Fact: McKinley was assassinated at
Buffalo, N.Y. six months into his second
term. Roosevelt took the oath of office at
Buffalo and became president.
The U.S. Flag is a voice of Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy; “A government of the people,
by the people, for the people”.
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46 Star Flag
24th Official U.S. Flag
July 4, 1908
48 Star Flag
25th Official U.S. Flag
July 4, 1912
The 46 Star Flag: On July 4,1908, the U.S.
flag grew to 46 stars with
the addition to the Union of Oklahoma
(November 16, 1907). Theodore Roosevelt
(1901-1909) and William H.
Taft (1909-1913) served as President
under the 46 star flag. This was the offi-
cial flag for 4 years.
Fact: At 42, Roosevelt was the youngest
man to become president.
William Howard Taft was the first
President to receive $75,000 per year.
He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court after his presidency from 1921-1930.
“Our Flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow, red, yellow, brown, black
and white, and we’re all precious in God’s sight” - Jesse Jackson
The U.S. Flag was raised at Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima during World War II
on February 23, 1945.
The 48 Star Flag: On July 4,1912, the U.S. flag
grew to 48 stars with the addition of New
Mexico (January 6th, 1912) and Arizona
(February 14, 1912) Executive Order of
President Taft dated June 24, 1912 - estab-
lished the proportions of the flag and provid-
ed for arrangement of the stars in six hori-
zontal rows of eight each, a single point of
each star to be upward. This flag was official
for 47 years, longer than any other flag,
through two World Wars and the emergence
of the United States of America as the leading
nation of the world. Eight Presidents served
under this flag; from William H. Taft (1909-
1913), to Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
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The first 49-star flag was made in the
Army Quartermaster Depot at
Philadelphia, and was used in the White
House ceremony when President Dwight
D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) signed
the proclamation admitting Alaska
to the Union.
The 49-Star flag was official for only one
year, until July 4, 1960,
when Hawaii achieved its Statehood and
the 50-Star flag was born. President
Eisenhower was the only President
to serve under this flag.
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50 Star Flag
27th Official U.S. Flag
August 21, 1959
49 Star Flag
26th Official U.S. Flag
January 3, 1959
Anzio, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Guadalcanal, Korea, Vietnam. When you look at our
U.S. Flag, think of the people who never came back to keep this republic free.
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50-Star Flag: Executive Order of President
Eisenhower dated August 21, 1959 - provided
for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows
of stars staggered horizontally and eleven
rows of stars staggered vertically. This is the
current flag of the United States. Hawaii was
admitted as the 50th state on August
21st, 1959. The 27th flag of the United States
became the official flag on July 4th, 1960. Ten
presidents have served under this flag; Dwight
D. Eisenhower (1953-1961), John F. Kennedy
(1961-1963), Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969),
Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974), Gerald R. Ford
(1974-1977), Jimmy Carter (1977-1981),
Ronald W. Reagan (1981-1989), George Bush
(1989-1993), and William J. Clinton (1993-
2001), George W. Bush (2001-2009) and
Honor and respect the U.S. Flag, remember those who have fought for its symbol, pro- currently Barack Obama (2009-present)
tected its purpose and given their lives for our independence.
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