Assertion: american flag's star | /r/AtLocation | the flag
Facets:
value: on july
type: TEMPORAL
value: according to about.com american history
type: OTHER
value: by 1795
type: TEMPORAL
value: since 1818
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The Stars and Stripes changed on May 1, 1795, when Congress enacted the second Flag Resolution, which mandated that new stars and stripes be added to the flag when new states were admitted to the Union.
text: Therefore there is a possibility of both Washington DC and Puerto Rico gaining statehood, and this will means two more stars will be added on the flag, but their applications to the Union requires congressional approval.
text: Since 1818, a star for each new state has been added to the flag on the Fourth of July immediately following each state's admission.
text: Every time the United States admitted another state, a new star was added to the flag and a new pattern was needed.
text: By 1795, two stars and stripes were added to the flag after the entry of Kentucky and Vermont as states of 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: Another act passed in 1818 stipulated that a star be added to the flag on July 4 following a state's admission to the nation, according to About.com American History.
text: In the nearly 250 years since the Flag Resolution of 1777, 37 stars have been added to the flag, one for each new state.
text: Stars have been added to the flag as new states join the Union.