The official flag for the new nation was established on June 14, 1777. The Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act: "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." The design of the flag was changed according to the succeeding acts: -
according to the Act of January 13, 1794, there were to be 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795. The Act of April 4, 1818 said that there should be 13 stripes and one star for each state.'Executive Order of President Taft dated June 24, 1912 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. '
'Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated January 3, 1959 provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered horizontally and vertically.'
'Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated August 21, 1959 provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizon tally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically.'
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