Posted on 07/06/2025 12:52:05 PM PDT by thecodont
0:01 The 49 star variation of our country's 0:03 flag is more rare than most. And this 0:05 year it's celebrating 66 years since its 0:08 creation. This flag was flown over the 0:10 US capital on July 4th, 1959. Here it is 0:14 on that Independence Day 66 years ago. 0:17 The flag signifying Alaska's induction 0:19 into the union with a field of seven by 0:21 seven stars. You know, the raising over 0:23 it during Independence Day would be a 0:25 significant moment in recognizing 0:27 Alaska's inclusion into the union. 0:29 Hawaii, however, wasn't added until 0:31 August of the same year, and so it would 0:34 not receive the same attention until the 0:36 1960 uh July 4th holiday. The reason 0:39 being a little known rule included in 0:42 the Flag Act of 1818, saying new stars 0:44 could not be officially added until the 0:47 4th of July following the state's 0:49 induction. And so for one calendar year, 0:53 this banner yet waved. It is pales in 0:56 comparison to the modern flag in terms 0:58 of how, you know, readily available it's 1:00 been and how many copies have been made. 1:01 A rare flag indeed. ...
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Should have kept it at 49.
I love the 7 by 7 staggered rows..
“”Should have kept it at 49.””
Maybe we can give back Hawaii and get Canada instead, eh.
My grandpa took me to Macy’s Herald Square on the subway on January 3, 1959 to buy a 49 star flag.
It wasn’t very well made but he was a patriot and wanted to be the first.
I still have it, it’s pretty fragile and if I flew it I’m sure it would disintegrate - but it’s a nice memory.
Incidentally, in 1959 Macy’s still had an entrance from the subway platform. Imagine?
Which state should be evicted? Hawaii or California
So we’ll need to have new flags if we eject NY,MA,IL,OR,WA and CA as states (but bill them for repayment of the national debt).
Before you shake your head at me, the Dems want DC and Puerto Rico to become states complete with 2 US Senators and new members of Congress and takeover of their welfare costs.
Before you shake your head at me, the Dems want DC and Puerto Rico to become states complete with 2 US Senators and new members of Congress and takeover of their welfare costs.
And then they will use it as the excuse to redesign the flag.
LOL. If you think about it, there are constitutional and legal provisions to admit new states to the union. But there are no provisions for expelling a state from the union.
And if I recall correctly, there was a Supreme Court case, which declared that the union is eternal and inseparable.
Yes.
(get the joke?) 😁
We’d squeeze out Maizie Hirono and Schiff, Newsom, Pelosi, Bass and more. Like a pimple.
And if we are going to reorganize, let’s get rid of those small Northeastern states that aren’t even the size of a Texas county. Merge Delaware with Pennsyvanily, and Connecticul and Rhode Island with New York.
Yeah, shrink them like a cheap T shirt put in a clothes dryer.
The local coin shop has one on their wall...
Before you shake your head at me, the Dems want DC and Puerto Rico to become states complete with 2 US Senators and new members of Congress and takeover of their welfare costs.
I'm wondering about not the eviction of current states but the addition of new ones.
DC was never meant to be a state. This is purely a political ploy. And what does Puerto Rico have to offer the other 50 states in the Union?
One thing the video touched on (briefly, I wanted to hear more) was about how the Alaskans longed for statehood after a very long territorial period. The admission of new states is not a lively topic in current discourse but it soon may be. What does a territory bring to the table that it should be admitted for statehood?
Looking ahead to the future: Alberta, perhaps, then the rest of Canada? And Greenland?
We have an historic flag with only 48 stars.
RE: And what does Puerto Rico have to offer the other 50 states in the Union?
Woody Allen in Bananas: We’re a small country, true, but we are number one in hernias.
"However, after much effort, on January 6, 1912 New Mexico became the 47th state and on February 14, 1912 Arizona became the 48th state in the Union." (https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/nm-az-statehood)
So both NM and AZ were able to meet the July 4 deadline to make the 48-star flag that year.
That's a nice old flag you have. Take good care of it.
It’s sort of been done. The Dominion of New England joined the N.E. colonies with N.J. and N.Y. The colonists didn’t care very much for it.
You bet - and it’s made from very heavy cotton, not this space age material.
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