text: First fifty-star United States flag up for sale
  
  August 29, 2005 
  
  The designer of the current 50-star United States flag, Robert G. Heft, has put his original creation up for sale on the popular auction website eBay. 
  Heft originally made the flag for a school project in 1958, in which he received a "B minus" as his grade. When he submitted the design for national consideration in 1959, he beat out over 100,000 other applicants. His design was adopted as the new flag in 1960 and his grade was promptly changed to an "A". 
  The flag has been flown over all state capitol buildings and over 80 United States embassies. Sixty-three year-old Heft explained that medical bills, as well as tuition costs for his relatives, are becoming an economic burden.
tokens: First fifty - star United States flag up for sale August 29 , 2005 The designer of the current 50 - star United States flag , Robert G. Heft , has put his original creation up for sale on the popular auction website eBay . Heft originally made the flag for a school project in 1958 , in which he received a " B minus " as his grade . When he submitted the design for national consideration in 1959 , he beat out over 100,000 other applicants . His design was adopted as the new flag in 1960 and his grade was promptly changed to an " A " . The flag has been flown over all state capitol buildings and over 80 United States embassies . Sixty - three year - old Heft explained that medical bills , as well as tuition costs for his relatives , are becoming an economic burden .
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