ted etc. That from and after thefourth day of July next, the flag of the United States bethirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white: Thatthe Union be twenty stars, white, in a blue field. Sect.2—Be it further enacted, That on the admission of everynew State into the Union, one star be… … In the first design under this act the stars were ar-ranged to form one large star. It was in use for a veryshort period, as it did not meet with approbation, and thestars were again arranged in parallel lines. By an executive order issued by President Monroe in 1818, the arrangement of the stripes…
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