For all the controversy it is interesting to point out that the United States did not even have a standardized flag until 1912! Called the Stars and Stripes, or Old Glory, the flag is one of the most complicated in the world. No other flag needs 64 pieces of fabric to make. The current flag has 13 red and whitealternating(交互的)stripes (representing the original 13 states) and 50 stars (each star represents one of the states of the Union) on a blue background.
The American flag has also changed designs more than any other flag in the world. The first flag, called the Grand Union, was first flown at the headquarters of the Continent Army on January 1, 1776. Betsy Ross, aseamstress(女裁缝), is said to have contributed to this design. She had anupholstery(室内装潢)business which made flags for navy ships in Pennsylvania. A legend still persists that she showed George Washington how to make a five-pointed star and suggested thirteen stars in a circle for the first flag. Her descendants claimed that she offered the design. Actually, she and George Washington never met! George Washington did design the Grand Union.
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress proposed that the United States have a national flag instead of the British Union Jack. The 13 stars of the flag represented the 13 new states. There were few public ceremonies honoring the Stars and Stripes until 1877, when on, June 14, it was flown from every government building in honor of thecentennial(百年纪念)of the adoption of a national flag. Schools hadunfurled(展示)American flags over their doors or outside the buildings long before this; but in 1890, North Dakota and New Jersey made a law that required their schools to fly the flag daily. The first official Flag Day was observed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1893. New York also proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day 1897. Other states were slow to follow. Some people thought that the day was too close to Memorial Day and Independence Day.
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