After Alaska became a state, a 49th star was added to the American flag. The flag would have 50 stars total when Hawaii became a state in August 1959.

It was time for the Senate vote that could add a 49th star to the U.S. flag. Interior Secretary Fred Seaton, getting word that diehard opposition, mostly Southern, had gasped its last, rushed from ...

Alaska’s star, the 49th, was officially added to the U.S. flag on July 4, 1959, and it was cause for a particularly exuberant celebration of the nation’s Independence Day.

Terrence Cole/ Special to the News-Miner Jan 9, 2011 Jan 9, 2011 Updated Dec 29, 2012 When Alaskans in the 1950s demanded an end to “second-class citizenship” of territorial status, Southern ...

America's new 49-star flag, to become official on July 4, flew briefly on the Tri-City Herald's flagpole in Kennewick this morning after Spanish-American War veteran Nels P. Nelson and Marine ...

American Flags dating back to statehood are going on display across Alaska. The vintage flags were produced in 1959, when Alaska entered the Union as America’s 49th state. State Representative ...

Forty-seven years had passed since the last star had been added to the American flag, before two new designs were flown for the first time over Fort McHenry within months in 1959. Arizona became ...

Mike Stepovich peered over Dwight D. Eisenhower's shoulder while the president signed Alaska's statehood proclamation - just to be sure. "We did it; we're in," Stepovich thought while Eisenhower ...