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| 1777 | U.S. Congress adopts the following: that the flag of the United States be 13 Stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. (Stars represent Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island.) |
| 1795 | 15 -Two more stars and stripes are added for Vermont and Kentucky. (Flag now has 15 stripes) |
| 1818 | 20 - Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana and Mississippi. (Flag reverts to 13 Stripes, where it remains today. |
| 1819 | 21 - Illinois |
| 1820 | 23 - Alabama and Maine |
| 1822 | 24 - Missouri |
| 1836 | 25 - Arkansas -14 YEARS GO BY |
| 1837 | 26 - Michigan |
| 1845 | 27 - Florida |
| 1846 | 28 - Texas |
| 1847 | 29 - Iowa |
| 1848 | 30 - Wisconsin |
| 1851 | 31 - California |
| 1858 | 32 - Minnesota |
| 1859 | 33 - Oregon |
| 1861 | 34 - Kansas |
| 1863 | 35 - West Virginia |
| 1865 | 36 - Nevada |
| 1867 | 37 - Nebraska |
| 1877 | 38 - Colorado - 10 YEARS GO BY |
| 1890 | 43 - North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington and Idaho, 13 years later. |
| 1891 | 44 - Wyoming |
| 1896 | 45 - Utah |
| 1908 | 46 - Oklahoma-12 years later |
| 1912 | 48- New Mexico and Arizona. (Flag stays the same for 47 years and the continental United States is complete.) |
| 1959 | 49 - Alaska -47 years later |
| 1960 | 50 - Hawaii - The United States of America is complete and nobly symbolized today by this American Flag! |
