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1863 – Flag with 35 stars (West Virginia, western counties withdrew from seceded Virginia) 1865 – Flag with 36 stars ; 1867 – Flag with 37 stars ; 1869 – First flag on a U.S. postage stamp; 1876 – Flag with 38 stars ; 1889 – Flag with 39 stars that never was.
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 of America, 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 ...
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.
US Flag with 38 stars. In use 4 July 1877–3 July 1890. In use 4 July 1877–3 July 1890. Created by jacobolus using Adobe Illustrator , and released into the public domain.
The jack of the United States, referred to as the Union Jack [1] by the U.S. Navy, is a maritime jack flag flown on the bow of U.S. vessels that are moored or anchored. In addition to commissioned U.S. Navy ships, the jack is used by the U.S. Coast Guard, [2] the Military Sealift Command, the ships of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other U.S. government entities.
Five-pointed stars became more frequently used in the 19th century. The coat of arms of Valais, adopted for the Rhodanic Republic (1802), was designed with twelve five-pointed stars. The flag of Chile, introduced in 1817, has a single five-pointed star known as La Estrella Solitaria (The Lone Star). The similar flag of Texas was
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File:Flag of the Transcaucasian Federation.svg 1918 1918 1922 1936 1940 1952 1990 Armenia: Australia: 1769 1801 1901 1903 1908 1954 Australia: Austria: 1522 1918 1938 1945 1955 Austria: Azerbaijan: 1555 1918 1918 1920 1922 1937 1940 1952 1991 2013 Azerbaijan: Bahamas: 1869 1904 1923 1953 1964 1973 2006 Bahamas: Bahrain: 1783 1820 1932 1972 2002 ...