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The flag should especially be displayed at full staff on the following days:

Display at half-staff Folding for storage Religious themes Use in funerals History First flag The Flag Resolution of 1777 Later flag acts The "Flower Flag" arrives in Asia Historical progression of designs Number of stars Number of stripes Design(s) States represented by new stars Dates in use Duration 0 13 N/A 01775-12-03December 3, 1775 June 14, 1777 018 !1 years 13 13 Delaware , Pennsylvania , New Jersey , Georgia , Connecticut , Massachusetts , Maryland , South Carolina , New Hampshire , New York , North Carolina , 01776-06-14June 14, 1776 May 1, 1795 215 !18 years 15 15 Kentucky 01795-05-01May 1, 1795 July 3, 1818 278 !23 years 20 13 Indiana , Louisiana , Mississippi , Ohio , 01818-07-04July 4, 1818 July 3, 1819 012 !1 year 21 13 Illinois 01819-07-04July 4, 1819 July 3, 1820 012 !1 year 23 13 Alabama , Maine 01820-07-04July 4, 1820 July 3, 1822 024 !2 years 24 13 Missouri 01822-07-04July 4, 1822 July 3, 1836 1831 term "Old Glory" coined 168 !14 years 25 13 01836-07-04July 4, 1836 July 3, 1837 012 !1 year 26 13 Michigan 01837-07-04July 4, 1837 July 3, 1845 096 !8 years 27 13 Florida 01845-07-04July 4, 1845 July 3, 1846 012 !1 year 28 13 01846-07-04July 4, 1846 July 3, 1847 012 !1 year 29 13 Iowa 01847-07-04July 4, 1847 July 3, 1848 012 !1 year 30 13 01848-07-04July 4, 1848 July 3, 1851 036 !3 years 31 13 California 01851-07-04July 4, 1851 July 3, 1858 084 !7 years 32 13 Minnesota 01858-07-04July 4, 1858 July 3, 1859 012 !1 year 33 13 01859-07-04July 4, 1859 July 3, 1861 024 !2 years 34 13 Kansas 01861-07-04July 4, 1861 July 3, 1863 024 !2 years 35 13 01863-07-04July 4, 1863 July 3, 1865 024 !2 years 36 13 Nevada 01865-07-04July 4, 1865 July 3, 1867 024 !2 years 37 13 Nebraska 01867-07-04July 4, 1867 July 3, 1877 120 !10 years 38 13 Colorado 01877-07-04July 4, 1877 July 3, 1890 156 !13 years 43 13 Idaho , Montana , North Dakota , South Dakota , 01890-07-04July 4, 1890 July 3, 1891 012 !1 year 44 13 01891-07-04July 4, 1891 July 3, 1896 060 !5 years 45 13 01896-07-04July 4, 1896 July 3, 1908 144 !12 years 46 13 Oklahoma 01908-07-04July 4, 1908 July 3, 1912 048 !4 years 48 13 New Mexico 01912-07-04July 4, 1912 July 3, 1959 564 !47 years 49 13 Alaska 01959-07-04July 4, 1959 July 3, 1960 012 !1 year 50 13 Hawaii 01960-07-04July 4, 1960 present 590 !52 years Future of the flag Similar national flags See also Article sections Associated people References

States are represented collectively; there is no meaning to particular stars nor stripes.

Adam Goodheart, "Prologue", in 1861: The Civil War Awakening (2001)

Note that the flag ratio (B/A in the diagram) is not absolutely fixed. Although the diagram in Executive Order 10834 gives a ratio of 1.9, earlier in the order is a list of flag sizes authorized for executive agencies. This list permits eleven specific flag sizes (specified by height and width) for such agencies: 20.00 38.00; 10.00 19.00; 8.95 17.00; 7.00 11.00; 5.00 9.50; 4.33 5.50; 3.50 6.65; 3.00 4.00; 3.00 5.70; 2.37 4.50; and 1.32 2.50. Eight of these sizes conform to the 1.9 ratio, within a small rounding error (less than 0.01). However, three of the authorized sizes vary significantly: 1.57 (for 7.00 11.00), 1.27 (for 4.33 5.50) and 1.33 (for 3.00 4.00).

, August 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6865 (governing flags "manufactured or purchased for the use of executive agencies", Section 22). Section 32 explains that, "As used in this order, the term "executive agencies" means the executive departments and independent establishments in the executive branch of the Government, including wholly owned Government corporations."

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In the 9th edition of the Standard Color Card of America, "White", "Old Glory Red", and "Old Glory Blue" were, respectively, Cable No. 70001, Cable No. 70180, and Cable No. 70075. The Munsell renotation coordinates for these were taken directly from the Reimann et al. paper, the CIELAB D65 coordinates were found by converting the xyY values in that paper to be relative to CIE Illuminant D65 from Illuminant C using the CAT02 chromatic adaptation transform, and relative to a perfect diffuse reflector as white. The "relative" values in the table were found by taking Cable No. 70001 s luminosity to be that of the white point, and were converted to D65 or D50 also using the CAT02 transformation. The values for CMYK were found by converting from the CIELAB D50 values using the Adobe CMM and the GRACoL 2006 ICC profile in Adobe Photoshop.

Helen Taylor, Lucille Knoche, and Walter Granville, eds. (1950), Descriptive Color Names Dictionary. Container Corporation of America.

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The values in this table were taken by converting the CIELAB D50 coordinates for PMS 193 C, 200 C, and 281 C given in the Pantone color palettes of Adobe Photoshop to sRGB and GRACoL using the Adobe CMM and the GRACoL 2006 and sRGB profiles in Photoshop. Since PMS 281 C (blue) is outside the gamut of sRGB, and both PMS 281 C and PMS 183 C (red) are outside the gamut of GRACoL, the RGB and CMYK values for those in the table below are necessarily less-colorful approximations to the colors of the Pantone swatches.

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Public Law 83-319, approved March 26, 1954

Presidential Proclamation No. 3418, June 12, 1961

Public Law 89-335, approved November 8, 1965

Presidential Proclamation No. 4000, September 4, 1970

Presidential Proclamation No. 4064, July 6, 1971, effective July 4, 1971

Presidential Proclamation No. 4131, May 5, 1972

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(For alternate versions of the flag of the United States, see the at the Flags of the World website.)

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