THE NATIONAL FLAG OF UNITED STSTE

The man credited with designing the current 50 star American flag was Robert G Heft.He was 17 years old at the time and created the flag design in 1958 as a high school project while living with his grandparents in Ohio. In fact the original incarnation of the United States Flag many surprise you to find out that while it maintained the thirteen red and white stripes,a version of the British Union jack was flown under the name the Grand Union was most commonly used by George Washington during the Revolution War.While it never obtained official status as the flag of the United States