1777
June 14, 1777 - April 30, 1795
Configuration: 13 stars, 13 stripes; red stripe on first row
States added: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island

1795
May 1, 1795 - July 3, 1818
Configuration: 15 stars, 15 stripes; white stripe on first row
States added: Vermont, Kentucky

1818
July 4, 1818 - July 3, 1819
Configuration: 20 stars; flag returns to having only 13 stripes, starting with red on first row; this stripe configuration never changed again
States added: Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi

1819
July 4, 1819 - July 3, 1820
Configuration: 21 stars
State added: Illinois

1820
July 4, 1820 - July 3, 1822
Configuration: 23 stars
States added: Alabama, Maine

1822
July 4, 1822 - July 3, 1836
Configuration: 24 stars
State added: Missouri

1836
July 4, 1836 - July 3, 1837
Configuration: 25 stars
State added: Arkansas

1837
July 4, 1837 - July 3, 1845
Configuration: 26 stars
State added: Michigan

1845
July 4, 1845 - July 3, 1846
Configuration: 27 stars
State added: Florida

1846
July 4, 1846 - July 3, 1847
Configuration: 28 stars
State added: Texas

1847
July 4, 1847 - July 3, 1848
Configuration: 29 stars
State added: Iowa

1848
July 4, 1848 - July 3, 1851
Configuration: 30 stars
State added: Wisconsin

1851
July 4, 1851 - July 3, 1858
Configuration: 31 stars
State added: California

1858
July 4, 1858 - July 3, 1859
Configuration: 32 stars
State added: Minnesota

1859
July 4, 1859 - July 3, 1861
Configuration: 33 stars
State added: Oregon

1861
July 4, 1861 - July 3, 1863
Configuration: 34 stars
State added: Kansas

1863
July 4, 1863 - July 3, 1865
Configuration: 35 stars
State added: West Virginia

1865
July 4, 1865 - July 3, 1867
Configuration: 36 stars
State added: Nevada

1867
July 4, 1867 - July 3, 1877
Configuration: 37 stars
State added: Nebraska

1877
July 4, 1877 - July 3, 1890
Configuration: 38 stars
State added: Colorado

1890
July 4, 1890 - July 3, 1891
Configuration: 43 stars
States added: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho

1891
July 4, 1891 - July 3, 1896
Configuration: 44 stars
State added: Wyoming

1896
July 4, 1896 - July 3, 1908
Configuration: 45 stars
State added: Utah

1908
July 4, 1908 - July 3, 1912
Configuration: 46 stars
State added: Oklahoma

1912
July 4, 1912 - July 3, 1959
Configuration: 48 stars; this has been the longest-used version so far
States added: New Mexico, Arizona

1959
July 4, 1959 - July 3, 1960
Configuration: 49 stars
State added: Alaska

1960
July 4, 1960 - present
Configuration: 50 stars
State added: Hawaii

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