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U.S. 16 Star Flag - Grand Luminary "Peoples Flag".

Sub-collection: Flayderman // Early American

U.S. 16 Star Flag - Grand Luminary "Peoples Flag".
This is a 16 Star flag in the Grand Luminary pattern, circa 1796-1808. After Vermont and Kentucky joined the Union in 1791 and 1792, Congress approved a 15-star 15-stripe flag in 1795. After that new stars officially recognized no new States until a revised law went into effect in 1818.

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