Spanish Fork Press | 1908-08-06 | Page 6 | New Star for American Flag

NEW STAR FOR AMERICAN FLAG Since July 4 Emblem Contains Forty Six In the Field Washington AH flags made here after for tho use of the government rr I I American Flag UptoDate I I will i contain 46 stars In tho Held union to or conform in number to tho states The additional star follows the admission of Oklahoma to tho family of states an act of congress early part of the nineteenth In tho requiring that on the admission century of a new state one star Is to bo added to the flag to take effect on tho next July 4 succeeding such admission Oklahoma camu Into the union ber 16 last Novem Tho 16 stars are to bo In six the first third rows fourth and to have eight sixth tows stars and the and fifth rows second seven stars each Tho stars rest on u blue field many Amoilcan A great flags now public buildings flying from will have tered to moot the new conditions to bo al