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U.S. national flag
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This thirty-five-star U.S. national flag has a star
pattern of five rows of seven. The thirty-fifth
star, representing the state of West Virginia, was
added to the flag on July 4, 1863. Even so, many
thirty-four-star flags remained in service until
the end of the Civil War. Because President Lincoln
did not recognize the seccession of the Confederate
States from the Union, the stars representing those
states were not removed. |
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Behring Center
Gift of Dolores and Donald Mauld
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