Virginia June 25, 1788
New York July 26, 1788
North Carolina November 21, 1789
Rhode Island May 29, 1790
Vermont March 4, 1791
Kentucky June 1, 1792
Tennessee June 1, 1796

_Third row_

Ohio February 19, 1803
Louisiana April 30, 1812
Indiana December 11, 1816
Mississippi December 10, 1817
Illinois December 3, 1818
Alabama December 14, 1819
Maine March 15, 1820
Missouri August 10, 1821

_Fourth row_

Arkansas June 15, 1836
Michigan January 26, 1837
Florida March 3, 1845
Texas December 29, 1845
Iowa December 28, 1846
Wisconsin May 29, 1848
California September 9, 1850
Minnesota May 11, 1858

_Fifth row_

Oregon February 14, 1859
Kansas January 29, 1861
West Virginia June 19, 1863
Nevada October 31, 1864
Nebraska March 1, 1867
Colorado August 1, 1876
North Dakota November 2, 1889
South Dakota November 2, 1889

_Sixth row_

Montana November 8, 1889
Washington November 11, 1889
Idaho July 3, 1890
Wyoming July 10, 1890
Utah January 4, 1896
Oklahoma November 16, 1907
New Mexico January 6, 1912
Arizona February 14, 1912

FLAG ANNIVERSARIES

January 1-2, 1776: Grand Union Flag (British Union and thirteen
stripes) hoisted over Washington's headquarters at Cambridge,
Massachusetts. This was the first real flag of the colonies.

January 13, 1794: American flag changed by act of Congress, owing
to two new States (Kentucky and Vermont) being admitted to the
Union. The flag now had two stars and two stripes added to it,
making fifte