RARE!! 49 STAR AMERICAN FLAG 1959-1960 STARS AND STRIPES OLD GLORY

RARE!! 49 STAR AMERICAN FLAG 1959-1960 STARS AND STRIPES OLD GLORY (image 1/1)
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THIS IS A LOT OF 3 VINTAGE 49 STAR AMERICAN FLAGS. THE 49 STAR FLAG WAS THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE USA FOR ONLY ONE YEAR BETWEEN 4TH JULY 1959 AND 4TH JULY 1960 WHICH MAKES DATING THE FLAG VERY EASY. IT IS AT LEAST 52 YEARS OLD. BELOW IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 49 STAR FLAG: 49-Star Flag: On January 3rd,1959 Alaska was formally grantedstatehood placing the 49th star on our Flag.Executive Order of President Eisenhower datedJanuary 3, 1959 - provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered horizontally and vertically. The first 49-star flag was made in the Army Quartermaster Depot at Philadelphia, and was used in the White House ceremony when President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) signed the proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union. Subsequently, this flag was carried to Philadelphia by Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, who gave it to the mayor of Philadelphia to raise over Independence Hall on July 4th, 1959. After these ceremonies Scott gave the flag to his colleague, Senator Earnest Gruening of Alaska, who, in turn, delivered it to Governor William A. Eagan to be flown over the state capitol at Juneau. This flag was later given to the Alaskan State Mueseum for preservation. The 49-Star flag was official for only one year, until July 4, 1960, when Hawaii achieved its Statehood and the read more
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