Lehi Sun | 1922-11-16 | Page 4 | The Flag of Our Country

'" ' " ' ' ' ' i The Flag of Our Country. Tho United Stutes fln,'. ns finally ndopted by congress, wus raised over tho house of representatives ut Washington, Wash-ington, on April 13, 1818. On March i of tiro samo year congress hud enacted en-acted a law which llxes tho form of tho llai,' for all time. "That from and after the fourth day of July the flag of tho United States bo 111 horizontal horizon-tal stripes, alternately red and vMto; that the union lmvo IM stars, white In a blue field. . . . That on tho ndmlsMnu of every new stnto Into tlio Union one star bo added to the union of tho Hag; and that such addition shall tnke effect on tho Fourth of July next succeeding Btich ndraUston." Tho act was approved by President Monroe.