![[U.S. 23 star flag 1820]](../images/u/us-1820.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 21 February 2007
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image by Clay Moss, 21 February 2007
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In 1820, two stars were added, representing Alabama and Maine, bringing the total number of stars to 23. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.
Rick Wyatt, 5 April 1998
This flag flew from 4 July 1820 to 3 July, 1822.
Clay Moss, 21 February 2007
![[U.S. 23 star jack 1820]](../images/u/us~1820.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 21 February 2007
![[U.S. 23 Great Star flag 1820]](../images/u/us-1820a.gif)
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 10 August 2001
Although there are no known 23 star flags in existence with this star pattern, I know of a description of one used when Maine became a state like this. Anyway, from the 1780s until about the Civil War, Great Star Flags -- with the stars arranged so they make up one big star -- were popular, particularly on ships.
Dave Martucci, 7 December 1997
![[U.S. 23 star flag 1820]](../images/u/us-1820b.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 21 February 2007
This arrangement represents a flag that I bought for $1.00 at a "going out of business" sale from school supply store in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in maybe 1970 or 1971. It was a typical thin linen all printed cotton flag like those that can be bought today. It was stapled to an unfinished 4 foot wooden dowel, that had a gold spear top. Interestingly enough, the flag was 20x38 inches. Once again, I'm not sure if this flag is an accurate representation of a period piece 23 star US flag, but the store had it in the history section.
Clay Moss, 25 February 2007
