This was the flag that was flown by armies of the North during the first half of the Civil War. A star was added for the state of West Virginia, which separated from the rest of Virginia a Confederate state on June 20th, in order to rejoin the union. A star was added for the state of Nevada, which was admitted to the United States of America on October 31st, A star was added for the state of Nebraska, which was admitted to the United States of America on March 1st, A star was added for the state of Colorado, which was admitted to the United States of America on August 1st, A star was added for the state of Wyoming, which was admitted to the United States of America on July 10th, A star was added for the state of Utah, which was admitted to the United States of America on January 4th, A star was added for the state of Oklahoma, which was admitted to the United States of America on November 16th, A star was added for the state of Alaska, which was admitted to the United States of America on January 3rd, A star was added for the state of Hawaii, which was admitted to the United States of America on August 21st, Flags Polyester U.
Flags 4X6 U. Flags 5X8 U. Flags 5X9. Flags 6X10 U. By , the US flag was very much what is today. Something, though, was about to threaten the very identity of the United States. This, of course, was the American Civil War Where the Union states flew the Stars and Stripes, the Confederate states raised a number of distinctive flags adorned with 13 stars of their own set in circles or, more recognisably today, within a blue saltire cross on a red background.
The Southern Cross is a reminder of how the course of US history might have been very different. And, although they cannot ignore the rulings of the US Supreme Court, laws in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina protect the Confederate flag from mutilation, defamation and contempt. If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter.
And if you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc. Eight US flags that could have been. Share using Email. By Jonathan Glancey 4th July But what else might the US flag have looked like? For 4 July, Jonathan Glancey looks back. Grand Union Flag, Historical records report this flag carried by North Carolina militiamen at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 17, Star Spangled Banner Shortly before the War of , two new states were added to the Union and a flag consisting of 15 stars and 15 stripes was created.
This design, born with the Second Flag Act on January 13,, is our only official flag ever to have more than thirteen stripes. The restored flag now hangs in the Smithsonian. It is a rectangular rather than square flag and omits the thin white border around the outside. This flag was used mainly by the Confederate Navy but also by some ground troops.
Three days later the president of the West Florida Convention, signed a Declaration of Independence and the flag became the emblem of a new republic. With this rebellion in mind, this flag was used by the Republic of Texas from to With this announcement the Bonnie Blue flag was raised over the capitol in Jackson.
The Confederate government did not adopt this flag but the people did and the lone star flags were adopted in some form in five of the southern States that adopted new flags in Stars and Bars The first flag of the Confederacy.
Although less well known than the Confederate Battle Flag, the Stars and Bars was used as the official flag of the confederacy from March until May The white field is symbolic for the purity of the cause which it represented.
One of the first uses for this flag was to drape the coffin of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following: Flag Resolution of June 14, , stated, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.
Act of April 4, , provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state. Executive Order of President Taft dated June 24, , established proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward.
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