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Description Construction sheet for the 1959 (49-star) Flag of the United States. This is the specification published in conjunction with Executive Order 10798, which defined the flag.
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Source Scanned from a microfilm printout of the January 6, 1959 Federal Register, page 80. This is printed there as the attachment to Executive Order 10798.
Author U.S. Government
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Hoist (width) of flag Fly (length) of flag Hoist (width) of Union Fly (length) of Union Diameter of star Width of stripe
1.0 1.9 0.5385 (7/13) 0.76 0.056 0.071 0.054 0.05 0.0616 0.0769 (1/13)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
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