The Birth of Old Glory
According to legend, in 1776, George Washington commissioned Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross to create a flag for the new nation. To date, there have been twenty-seven official versions of... the flag, but the arrangement of the stars varied according to the flag-makers' preferences until President Taft standardized the then-new flag's forty-eight stars into six rows of eight in 1912. The current version dates to July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became fiftieth state on August 21, 1959.
According to legend, in 1776, George Washington commissioned Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross to create a flag for the new nation. To date, there have been twenty-seven official versions of... the flag, but the arrangement of the stars varied according to the flag-makers' preferences until President Taft standardized the then-new flag's forty-eight stars into six rows of eight in 1912. The current version dates to July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became fiftieth state on August 21, 1959.
