History
See also: Timeline of the flag of the United StatesThe design of the flag has been modified 26 times officially, since 1777. The 48-star flag was in effect for 47 years until the 49-star version became official on July 4, 1959. The 50-star flag was ordered by President Eisenhower on August 21, 1959.
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“Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts, namely, that the mind is One, and that nature is its correlative, history is to be read and written.”
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“In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.”
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