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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
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)
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.
North Carolina: 1861 1885 1991 North Carolina: North Dakota: 1911 North Dakota: Ohio: 1902 Ohio: Oklahoma: 1911 1925 1941 1988 2006 Oklahoma: Oregon / 1925 Oregon: Pennsylvania: 1907 Pennsylvania: Rhode Island: 1640 1877 1882 1897 Rhode Island: South Carolina: 1775 1861 1861 1910 1940 South Carolina: South Dakota: 1909 1963 1992 South Dakota ...
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 .
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.
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.