Table of Contents


1. Evolution of the United States Flag…………………………………….1
2.The original Pledge of Allegiance……………………………………….2
3.The History Of Flag Day………………………………………………...3
4. How did the flag become known as “OLD GLORY”?……………….4
5. The "FLAG CODE"……………………………………………………..5
6. What do the colors of the Flag mean?…………………………………..6
7. The Flag Folding Ceremony……………………………………………..7
8.Where is the Flag flown 24 hours a day by law? ………………………..8
9. Glossary……………………………………………………………………9
10. Bibliography……………...……………………………………………..10


1. Evolution of the United States Flag


No one knows with absolute certainty who designed the first stars and stripes or who made it. Congressman Francis Hopkinson seems most likely to have designed it, and few historians believe that Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress, made the first one.
Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes shows unusual arrangements of the stars and odd proportions, these features being left to the discretion of the flag maker. In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following:
On June 14, 1777, in order to establish an official flag for the new nation, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."
Act of January 13, 1794 - provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.
Act of April 4, 1818 - provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state, signed by President Monroe.
Executive Order of President Taft dated June 24, 1912 - established proportions o