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. glossary9
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...