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It was anticipated that Idaho would be admitted after July 4 and manufacturers tried to get a headstart by making 42-star flags. Idaho was admitted on July 3. As Wyoming was admitted July 10, few of the official 43 star flags were manufactured. 1890 – Flag with 43 stars (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho)
Timeline of national flags. ... The tables contain many flags that were only ever proposals or are anachronistic. ... North: 960 1800 1856 1882 1882 1888 1893
See also: Flags of the U.S. states and territories A 2.00 m × 1.70 m oil painting showing historical US flags. This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships. National flags Main article ...
The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.
A map of North America (without Greenland) with 23 national flags, excluding the flags of the dependencies and other territories. This is a gallery of flags of North American countries, territories and their affiliated international organizations .
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
Johnson's new chart of national emblems, published c. 1868.The large flags shown in the corners are the 37-star flag of the United States (flown 1867–1890), upper left; the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom, upper, right; the Russian Imperial Standard, lower left; and the French tricolore with inset Imperial Eagle, lower right.
Flags of the Marshal Foch victory-harmony banner June 8, 1919 This is a collection of lists of flags , including the flags of states or territories , groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries.