Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of May, anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, the flag of the United States be fifteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be fifteen stars, white on a blue field.
Congress made a second change by an act approved April 14, 1818:
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be twenty stars, white on a blue field.
Section 2. And be it further enacted, That on the admission of every new State into the Union, one star be added to the union of the flag; and that such addition shall take place on the fourth day of July then next succeeding such admission.[(Back)]
Footnote 30: See Introduction, pages [x], [xi], [xiii], [xvi], [xvii], [xxx], [xxxv]; and B, [xxxvi].[(Back)]
Footnote 31: The victory at Saratoga is also commemorated in the Libertas Americana medal, No. 14, page 86, which was struck in Paris in 1783, under the direction of Dr. Franklin.[(Back)]
Footnote 32: See Introduction, pages [x], [xix], [xxviii], [xxx], [xxxv]; D, [xli]; and H, [xlvii].[(Back)]
Footnote 33: See Introduction, pages [ix], [x], [xi], [xii], [xv], [xxiii], [xxviii], [xxxv]; G, [xlv]; and H, [xlvii].[(Back)]
Footnote 34: The resolution of Congress voting this medal, and the official reports of the taking of Stony Point, are given under No. 3, page 14.[(Back)]
Footnote 35: See Introduction, pages [x], [xix], [xxviii], [xxx], [xxxv]; D, [xli]; and H, [xlvii].[(Back)]