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According to records at the beginning of the War of Independence, June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress officially confirmed: "The American flag is red, stripe between two white hue of 13, the upper-left corner of the banner should be blue with 13 stars. " However, it did not mention the red and white should be that one more star position and how they are arranged, what should a few corner star. Thus, from 1777 to 1795, the flag of style. Some even violates the meeting decided, such as red and blue stripes or red, white, and blue stripes. As to the shape of a star, a pentagon, hexagon, heptagon or octagonal shape. Vermont and Kentucky in 1791 and 1792, has joined the United States Federal. L January 13, 1794, Congress passed a resolution to add two and two stripes on the flag to represent the two states, and provides more than a red and white striped red star in the upper left corner for the pentagon. In the 1812 war, the U.S. national anthem by Francis Scott group saw this banner, thus revelation in 1818, he wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" song. Since then, the (history cn) American flag is called the "Stars and Stripes". Later, more and more states joined the Union, these new state requirements added to represent the stars and stripes on the flag. To ensure that the national flag proportion Congress in 1818 decided to revert to the original 13 stripes, and provides new state flag on a nova only increased, without increasing the stripes. (L $ j��.c��)