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| May 1776 | Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag |
| 1819 Illinois is added to the Union. | The flag now has 21 stars. |
| 1861 the flag has 34 stars | Kansas is admitted to the Union |
| 1861 | First Confederate Flag is adopted |
| 1912 flag with 48 stars | New Mexico and Arizona admitted to the Union |
| 1949 | President Truman signs a bill requesting that June 14th is Flag Day |
| 1892 | The Pledge of Allegiance is published in a magazine called "The Youth's Companion." |
| July 20, 1969 | Neil Armstrong places the American flag on the moon. |
| 1960 | The flag has 50 stars (Hawaii is admitted to the Union) |
| June 14, 1777 | Continental Congress adopts that the flag of the US should be 13 stripes, alternate red and white and that the union be 13 white stars in a blue field |
