Flag Acts

It changed the design of the flag to accommodate the admission into the Union of the states of Vermont and Kentucky.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 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 in a blue field.The Flag Act of 1818 (3 Stat.

It also provided that subsequent changes in the number of stars be made on July 4, Independence Day.

No flag laws were enacted to accompany the admission of new states to the Union during this period.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, 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 in a blue field.