Beginning with the upper left-hand corner and reading from left to right the stars indicate the States in order of their ratification of the Constitution and their admission to the Union. Find your State's star in the following list, and remember its number and line.
First Row | |
| 1—Delaware | 5—Connecticut |
| 2—Pennsylvania | 6—Massachusetts |
| 3—New Jersey | 7—Maryland |
| 4—Georgia | 8—South Carolina |
Second Row | |
| 9—New Hampshire | 13—Rhode Island |
| 10—Virginia | 14—Vermont |
| 11—New York | 15—Kentucky |
| 12—North Carolina | 16—Tennessee |
Third Row | |
| 17—Ohio | 21—Illinois |
| 18—Louisiana | 22—Alabama |
| 19—Indiana | 23—Maine |
| 20—Mississippi | 24—Missouri |
Fourth Row | |
| 25—Arkansas | 29—Iowa |
| 26—Michigan | 30—Wisconsin |
| 27—Florida | 31—California |
| 28—Texas | 32—Minnesota |
Fifth Row | |
| 33—Oregon | 37—Nebraska |
| 34—Kansas | 38—Colorado |
| 35—West Virginia | 39—North Dakota |
| 36—Nevada | 40—South Dakota |
Sixth Row | |
| 41—Montana | 45—Utah |
| 42—Washington | 46—Oklahoma |
| 43—Idaho | 47—New Mexico |
| 44—Wyoming | 48—Arizona |
AN EASY WAY TO DRAW THE FLAG
The sketch shows the steps in getting a flag drawn according to national requirements.
1. Draw the outline of your flag, making for convenience, the width equal an even 10 units (such as eighths or quarters or half, etc.) so that the length can be made 19 units.
2. Get the 13 stripes outlined as follows: a) Take your ruler and find a place marking 13 units, such as 3-1/4 inches, or 6-1/2 or even 9-3/4 inches. b) Then draw the 2 lines A B and A' B'; marking off the 13 points on each. It does not matter where the lines are drawn so long as they extend between the top and bottom of the rectangle. c) Through these points draw lightly, the lines for the stripes, covering the whole flag.
3. Before making the final lines, block in the union in the upper left hand corner, making its length equal to 7.6 of the original units used for the whole flag. The width of the union is seven stripes.
4. Place the stars as follows: The lines marking the stripes may be used to mark the 6 lines of stars. The eight stars to a line may be determined by dividing the length of the union into nine parts and dropping eight perpendiculars through the six lines already there. In the sketch the line, D F and D´ F´ are guide lines to make the new parallel lines. These are made just as in the case of A B and A´ B´ only containing nine units and extending between the two sides of the union.