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In America: Remember was a public art installation by American artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg The exhibition, on display from September 17 to October 3, 2021, in Washington, D.C., honored Americans who died in the COVID-19 pandemic by blanketing a portion of the National Mall near the Washington Monument with over 600,000 small white flags, one for each life lost. [2]
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Furlong was the first official known to have discussed the design for a 50-star flag with then president Dwight Eisenhower in two letters from 1953. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Furlong described ways that 49th and 50th-stars could be added to the flag, gave examples of how previous stars were added to the flag, and enclosed now-lost drawings of flag designs.
An artist's rendering of a possible design for a 52-star flag, with stars arranged in a 7–6–7–6–7–6–7–6 pattern, such as might accommodate the admission of two additional states into the Union. If a new U.S. state were to be admitted, it would require a new design of the flag to accommodate an additional star for a 51st state.
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Gohl submitted his design as part of a contest sponsored by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce in search of a more modern-looking flag, according to prior reporting by IndyStar.
Swedish painter, designer and Finnish film pioneer [138] Ethel Stein: 1917–2018: 100: American textile artist [139] Olin Stephens: 1908–2008: 100: American yacht designer [140] Hedda Sterne: 1910–2011: 100: Romanian-American painter and printmaker [141] Franciszek Strynkiewicz: 1893–1996: 103: Polish sculptor and Olympic art competitor ...