Happy Flag Day

Happy Flag Day everyone.  I saw a very pretty display of flags in front of the courthouse today.  Here's a fun fact from my Farmer's Almanac calendar.  When our country's flag was first adopted in 1777 it had 13 stripes, alternating red and white, and 13 white stars on a field of blue, representing the original 13 states.  I know you knew that part, but did you know that in 1795, when two more states joined the union, the flag was redesigned with 15 stars and 15 stripes?  The original plan was to add a stripe and a star for every new state.  I'm wondering how they envisioned the evolving flag. Would the stripes have gotten skinnier and skinnier as more states were added? A pin striped flag? Or did they consider making the stripes vertical and adding a new stripe to the end of the flag when each new state was added?  I'm picturing a very long flag.  Happily, for the sake of the size and shape of our flag, Congress decided, in 1818, to keep the original 13 stripes, and simply add a new star for each new state. So now you know.