August 21 in American History
Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting Hawaii as the 50th state, and the 50-star flag you know was born soon after — designed, famously, from a submission by a 17-year-old Ohio student for a class project. He got a B. The flag got 66 years and counting.
In 1959: Hawaii makes it fifty. Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting Hawaii as the 50th state, and the 50-star flag you know was born soon after — designed, famously, from a submission by a 17-year-old Ohio student for a class project.
Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting Hawaii as the 50th state, and the 50-star flag you know was born soon after — designed, famously, from a submission by a 17-year-old Ohio student for a class project. He got a B. The flag got 66 years and counting.
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