The Star Spangled Banner, the 15 Star Flag - Chamber of …
网页The 15-star, 15-stripe flag was authorized by the Flag Act of January 13, 1794, adding 2 stripes and 2 Stars. The regulation went into effect on May 1, 1795. This flag was the only U.S. Flag to have more than 13 stripes. It was immortalized by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Sept 13, 1814.
Flag of the United States - Wikipedia
网页The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
Star-Spangled Banner - Smithsonian Institution
网页The Star-Spangled Banner has fifteen stars and fifteen stripes as provided for in the second Flag Act approved by Congress on January 13, 1794. The additional stars and stripes represent Vermont (1791) and Kentucky (1792) joining the Union.
15 Star Flag - (1795-1818) (U.S.) - CRW Flags
网页2019年8月2日 · This was the only U.S. flag to have fifteen stripes. In 1818, Congress proclaimed that one star for each new state would be added on the 4th of July following the state's admission to the union and there would be thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.
Evolution of the American Flag - United States Flag
网页2012年7月4日 · Congress passed the Flag Act of 1818, adding five new stars to the flag and reducing the number of stripes from 15 to 13. The five additional stars represented Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi. This …
Star-Spangled Banner (flag) - Wikipedia
网页The Star-Spangled Banner, or the Great Garrison Flag, was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. It is on exhibit at the National Museum of …
Star Spangled Banner or Fort McHenry Flag or 15 Star, 15 Stripe Flag …
网页2002年1月15日 · The 15 Star/15 Stripe Flag was the official American Flag when the War of 1812 broke out. In 1813, Major George Armistead took command of Fort McHenry, guarding the entrance to Baltimore Harbor.
The Real Story Behind the Star-Spangled Banner, the Flag That …
网页2024年7月1日 · Armistead soon hired a 37-year-old widow and professional flagmaker, Mary Young Pickersgill, to make a 30-by-42-foot garrison flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes, one for each of the...
Facts about the United States Flag | Smithsonian Institution
网页Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777, 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 January 13, 1794, provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.
The Star Spangled Banner, an American Icon
网页The Star Spangled Banner is a huge 15-star, 15-stripe garrison flag, 30 feet by 42 feet, made in 1813 by Mary Pickersgill, a Baltimore flag maker. It was flown over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 13 and 14, 1814, during the …
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