comprehensive treatment of the subject<\/a>.<\/p>\nOur next series of entries will focus on the flags of the 50 states memorialized by the 50 stars on the modern flag, so stay tuned as we start with the First State, Delaware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 1818 Congress passed a plan which would come to be known as the Flag Act of 1818.\u00a0 This act established many of the characteristics of the flag we know today.\u00a0 The flag of the day was changed to include 20 stars, one for each of the states then admitted to the Union but the number of stripes was reduced to 13 to honor the original 13 colonies.\u00a0 The Act also specified that new versions of the flag would become official on the first 4 July following the admission of new states.
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