National Portrait Gallery Russell Means. National Portrait Gallery Neil Armstrong. National Postal Museum 37c Wavy Flag single. Back to Top. According to the U. The exact colors of the American flag are specified in the 10th edition of the Standard Color Reference of America — a textile color swatch book produced by the Color Association of the United States.
Red The color red represents hardiness and valor, as well as courage and readiness to sacrifice. Blue The color blue signifies justice for all, as well as vigilance and perseverance.
White The color white stands for purity and innocence. Official Flag Colors According to the U. Voter fraud over whether the state would be admitted as a slave state or a free state delayed its admission. Kansas joined the Union on Jan. The onset of the Civil War did not halt the admission of states to the Union. The western part of Virginia was pro-Union and contained many abolitionists. It split from the rest of the state, which had seceded.
President Abraham Lincoln was unsure about dividing Virginia and admitting the western portion as a separate state. He agreed to its admission on the grounds that West Virginia's action was an act of secession in favor of the Constitution. West Virginia joined the Union on June 20, , and a new flag on July 4 included the 35th state. The Civil War was engulfing the nation when Nevada was admitted as the 36th state on Oct.
Nevada was pro-Union and President Abraham Lincoln saw Nevada's admission as a way to buttress support for the war. To speed up statehood, Nevada sent its entire state constitution to Washington, D. Grant , and Rutherford B. Hayes Nebraska was the first state to be admitted to the Union after the Civil War. After the Civil War, rapid economic development accelerated by the growth of railroads helped speed Nebraska's admission to the Union on March 1, , becoming the nation's 37th state and the 37th star on the flag.
Hayes , James A. Garfield , Chester A. Arthur , Grover Cleveland , and Benjamin Harrison Colorado, a territory that partially came with the Louisiana Purchase in , became the 38th state to join the Union on Aug. Grant approved it. The star flag would fly for 13 years. A flurry of state admissions boosted the star total on the flag to 43 by July 4, , as statehood filled out the United States in the high plains and the far west.
Five states were admitted to the Union and five stars added to the flag: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington all in , and Idaho in Six states were admitted to the Union when President Benjamin Harrison was president, more than any other president. Wyoming was the last of the six, boosting the number of stars on the flag to Wyoming was admitted on July 10, , even though it was 5,people short of the 60,person requirement to become a state.
Utah became a state on Jan. However, the area that would become Utah had been part of the United States since the nation received the territory as part of a treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in Mormons settled in the area, and their practice of polygamy prevented Utah from becoming a state until Mormons renounced polygamy in the state constitution. Taft Oklahoma became the first state to be admitted to the Union in the 20th century, on Nov. The United States had used the Oklahoma territory to resettle Native American people, but by the late 19th century, Texas ranchers began moving northward and the federal government decided to open up the territory for homesteaders.
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