Washington DC Mayor Bowser adds 51st star to American flags displayed on Pennsylvania Ave ahead of Flag Day
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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday ordered her team to line Pennsylvania Avenue with 51-star American flags ahead of Flag Day on Tuesday.
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"On Flag Day, we celebrate American ideals, American history, and American liberty. But the very foundation of those ideals, and the basis for our liberty, is representation," Mayor Bowser said in a statement. "DC’s disenfranchisement is a stain on American democracy – a 220-year-old wrong that demands to be righted."
The stars on the American flag represent the 50 states, the last of which, Hawaii, was admitted on August 21, 1959. The American flag's 50-star design became official on July 4, 1960.
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