| Betsy Ross completed the First Flag in late May or early June of 1776. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress, seeking to promote national pride and unity, adopted the national flag. "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." |
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| After Hawaii entered the Union an Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated August 21, 1959 - provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizon tally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically. This is the Flag of the United States today. |
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| Born June 14, 1932 to Floyd C. and Grace Swinehart on South Pleasant Street, In Edinburgh, Indiana. On this Day in 2007, I, Leslie Swinehart will be 75 years young. |
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