Phenomenal Flag

The current US flag was designed by Bob Heft of Lancaster, Ohio in 1958 in anticipation of Alaska becoming the 49th state and Hawaii following soon after. He was amazingly a high school junior, and his teacher gave him a lousy B-. Two years, 21 letters and 18 phone calls later, President Eisenhower called inviting him to the White House for the official adoption of his design!

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