[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1459 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1459

  Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the 50-star flag of the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2010

Mr. Djou submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the 50-star flag of the United 
                                States.

Whereas, on April 30, 1900, President William McKinley signed into law the 
        Organic Act (chapter 339; 31 Stat 141), by which Hawaii became a 
        territory of the United States;
Whereas, on December 31, 1910, J. C. Bud Mars made the first powered airplane 
        flight in Hawaii from a Moanalua field in a Curtiss P-18 biplane, the 
        Skylark;
Whereas, on November 16, 1942, Joseph Farrington was elected to serve as 
        Hawaii's first Delegate to Congress;
Whereas, on August 21, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued Executive 
        Order No. 10834 (4 U.S.C. 1 note) recognizing the admission of the State 
        of Hawaii into the Union and prescribing the design of the 50-star flag 
        of the United States;
Whereas over 400 designs had been submitted by school children, associations, 
        individuals, and flag manufacturers for the 50-star flag;
Whereas the Office of the Quartermaster General, under the direction of Major 
        General Andrew T. McNamara, redesigned the flag of the United States 
        with specifications from Executive Order 10834;
Whereas, on August 21, 1959, Representative Daniel K. Inouye became Hawaii's 
        first voting member of the House of Representatives;
Whereas the 50-star flag is the 27th flag of the United States;
Whereas, on July 4, 1960, the 50-star flag became the official flag of the 
        United States; and
Whereas, on July 24, 1969, the 50-star flag was planted on the moon: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes and 
celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the 50-star flag becoming the 
official flag of the United States on Independence Day, July 4, 1960.
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