Driver was able to fly the flag over the Tennessee Statehouse once the war ended. The flag is a primary artifact at the National Museum of American History and was last displayed in Tennessee by permission of the Smithsonian at an exhibition in Between and Congress passed several acts that changed the shape, design and arrangement of the flag and allowed stars and stripes to be added to reflect the admission of each new state. Today the flag consists of 13 horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with six white.
The stripes represent the original 13 Colonies and the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well; red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice. This preservation effort began in earnest in June , and continues to this day. The flag is now stored at a degree angle in a special low-oxygen, filtered light chamber and is periodically examined at a microscopic level to detect signs of decay or damage within its individual fibers.
The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following:. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following: Flag Resolution of June 14, , stated, "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 April 4, , 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. Beginning with 13, the now 50 stars displayed in the canton of the flag represent the current number of states in the union. This number has followed the growth of the united-states since its infancy. Garfield , Chester A. Arthur , Grover Cleveland , and Benjamin Harrison Colorado, a territory that partially came with the Louisiana Purchase in , became the 38th state to join the Union on Aug.
Grant approved it. The star flag would fly for 13 years. A flurry of state admissions boosted the star total on the flag to 43 by July 4, , as statehood filled out the United States in the high plains and the far west.
Five states were admitted to the Union and five stars added to the flag: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington all in , and Idaho in Six states were admitted to the Union when President Benjamin Harrison was president, more than any other president. Wyoming was the last of the six, boosting the number of stars on the flag to Wyoming was admitted on July 10, , even though it was 5,people short of the 60,person requirement to become a state.
Utah became a state on Jan. However, the area that would become Utah had been part of the United States since the nation received the territory as part of a treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in Mormons settled in the area, and their practice of polygamy prevented Utah from becoming a state until Mormons renounced polygamy in the state constitution.
Taft Oklahoma became the first state to be admitted to the Union in the 20th century, on Nov. The United States had used the Oklahoma territory to resettle Native American people, but by the late 19th century, Texas ranchers began moving northward and the federal government decided to open up the territory for homesteaders.
Roosevelt , Harry S. Truman , Dwight D. Eisenhower The southwestern territories of New Mexico and Arizona were the last to join the 48 contiguous states. New Mexico became the 47th state on Jan. The star flag flew longer than any other flag before it, 47 years, and eight presidents served under it. Alaska became the first non-contiguous territory to become a state on Jan. Alaska, which was purchased from Russia in , is 2. The star flag was the last of the nine flags to fly for just one year.
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