The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>, affirming the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a>, adopts the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag of the United States">flag of the United States</a> with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).<sup about="#mwt79" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_4#cite_note-12" id="mwbw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwcA">[12]</span></a></sup>
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