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Publication Copy	Mastai, Boleslaw and Marie-Louise D'Otrange, The Stars and The Stripes: The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the republic to the Present, Knopf, New York, 1973, p. 132. "Although the flag of 36 stars, including Nevada, could not become official until the prescribed date, Independence Day, 1865, the new flag was made and flown well in advance. In times of such dire trial, the newest member would not be made to wait for its place in the family circle. Few flags would have been more worthy to preside over the soon-to-come peace celebrations than this serenely beautiful star pattern that achieves an effect of lightness and luminosity through the use of the airy quincuncial formation. The strong diagonal structure suggests the pattern of the present-day flag, although here the individual stars, fewer in number, are considerably larger."
Flag Books	The Stars and The Stripes - Mastai

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