Stars and Stripes (1818)

There was considerable concern that the addition of a new stripe for each new state would create hopeless confusion. Therefore, Congress established the still current law that provided that after July 4, 1818 the flag would show thirteen stripes and ...

Stars Fell On Alabama / Hodges Meteorite

Stars Fell On Alabama

November 30, 1954. It was cold, clear early afternoon when Dr. Moody Jacobs left his office for lunch, in the sky, he saw a trail of dark smoke and heard an explosion before white smoke shot out ...

Stars & Stripes First Flew in Battle

Fort Stanwix

Here Aug. 3, 1777

the

Stars & Stripes

First Flew In Battle

Above the Southwest Bastion

of

Fort Stanwix

(Schuyler)

Here Aug 2d to 22d Col. Peter Gansevoort's New York & Massachusetts Continentals successfully withstood a siege by ...