IV 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1459 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 22, 2010 Mr. Djou submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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

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.