The flag, measuring 7-foot-5 by 6-foot-5 (2.26 meters by 1.96 meters), is known as a ''Grand Luminary'' because its 21 stars are arranged in the shape of a star.

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

The state's special Centennial Flag, which features a total of 21 stars and a blue stripe on a white flag, will also be up for vote, as will the Sesquicentennial Flag, a dark-blue banner with a ...

Design 3679, which had an outline of Abraham Lincoln in a circle of 21 stars on a dark blue background, 29,478 votes. • Design 896, which borrowed heavily from the existing state flag and added ...

A source tipped John O’Connor to an internal tussle over a 21-star flag at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Upon interviewing sources he knew and finding new ones, O’Connor ...