<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Acts" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag Acts">US Flag Act of 1818</a> goes into effect creating a 13 stripe flag with a star for each state. New stars would be added on July 4 after a new state had been admitted.<sup about="#mwt24" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_4#cite_note-2" id="mwpw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqA">[2]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt21" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFGlass2017">Glass, Andrew (April 4, 2017). <a class="external text" href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/congress-redesigns-us-flag-april-4-1818-236803" id="mwB_Q" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Congress redesigns U.S. flag, April 4, 1818"</a>. <i id="mwB_U">POLITICO</i>.</cite><span about="#mwt21" class="Z3988" id="mwB_Y" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=POLITICO&amp;rft.atitle=Congress+redesigns+U.S.+flag%2C+April+4%2C+1818&amp;rft.date=2017-04-04&amp;rft.aulast=Glass&amp;rft.aufirst=Andrew&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fstory%2F2017%2F04%2Fcongress-redesigns-us-flag-april-4-1818-236803&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+4"></span></span>