However, the Bennington Flag contains 13 stars and 13 stripes (to represent ... It's said to be put together by Betsy Ross herself (an American upholsterer) in 1777. Though it isn't officially ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However ... official adoption of The Stars and Stripes as the Flag's ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...