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[-] jayrhacker@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

Those are just executive orders, the flag code itself (which is a law) is a little vague.

[-] zaph@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Because getting congress to change a law after a new state is added gets a little annoying.

[-] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 3 points 1 year ago

how often are you adding new states?

[-] paciencia@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

alaska and hawaii were added in 1959. From 1787 to 1959, a new state was added to the union every 3.44 years. So it used to happen pretty often, actually.

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