Happy Flag Day

I am so proud to be American and am thankful for the freedom that we have. I am also proud to personally know so many men and women who willing serve in the military to protect our country. Today is flag day and I thought it would be good to know a little more about the Flag of our country. I went to USFlag.org, a website dedicate to the US flag to find out some information. The website said that up until 1912 there was no set standard for making the flag so each flag's features were left up to the discretion of the flag maker. Here are some interesting facts about principal acts that helped make the flag what we know today:

-On June 14, 1777, in order to establish an official flag for the new nation, 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."
-Act of January 13, 1794 - provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.
-Act of April 4, 1818 - 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, signed by President Monroe.
-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.
(taken from usflag.org)