1896, Utah(45 stars); 1908, Oklahoma (46 stars); 1912, New Mex-ico and Arizona (48 stars). Our Flag in its present form was authorized in 1912by President Taft in an executive order as follows, Thaton and after July 4, 1912, the arrangement of the stars forming the Union on the blue field, shall be… … The blue field in the canton of our flag representsHeaven, as it did in the flag of Scotland of 937 A. D. andin the Kings Colours or Jacques Union of 1603.There is a legend that in the year 937 A. D. Malcolm I,the King of the Scots, on the night before the battle ofBrunanburgh with Athelstan, King…
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