Assertion: american flag's state | /r/CapableOf | join the union
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text: Heft also sent the flag to his congressman, Walter Moeller, who presented it to President Eisenhower after both new states joined the Union.
text: On April 4, 1818, the Congress decided to review the flag and it was decided, on the suggestion of Samuel C. Reid, that the stripes on the flag would be reduced to 13 to celebrate the 13 founding states, and a star to be added to the flag whenever a new state joins the Union.
text: New stars were added each time new states joined the Union.
text: Stars have been added to the flag as new states join the Union.
text: The 50-star flag we use today dates from July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became the fiftieth state, but stars were added in the past as new states joined the Union.