Hoyer a similar flag during a news briefing announcing the House vote. The American flag, with 50 stars, utilizes an offset grid pattern in order to fit all those stars in a small blue rectangle.

On July 4th, 1960, Heft went to the White House to see his school project design become the official American flag. In 2007, the 50-star flag became the longest-running U.S. flag. And, yes ...

The Star Spangled Banner has had many iterations since Betsy Ross’s first design. The American flag’s 50-star design as we know it today became official in 1960, but one of the most interestin ...

Forty-seven years had passed since the last star ... American flag-related items was to be auctioned off. Darrell R. Zolton, Saginaw Township attorney, told the newspaper that Heft’s original 50 ...