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To: plinyelder
Sorry, slight side topic. I've always wondered where the missing star is.


4 posted on 11/16/2010 2:21:04 AM PST by Palter (If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it. ~ Mark Twain)
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To: Palter

I believe that is the flag flown over Fort McHenry, correct? Another little aside about that flag, when we added the two new states in 1792 (Kentucky and Vermont) we went to 15 stars and 15 stripes. Adding a stripe also. Once it was understood that would be unwieldy by adding an extra stripe, it was decided to just add stars and keep the 13 stripes to represent the original colonies.


6 posted on 11/16/2010 11:08:35 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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