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Robert G. "Bob" Heft (January 19, 1942 – December 12, 2009) was the designer of the current United States 50-star flag. He has also designed a 51-star flag that would be used if a new state joins the United States. [1] He was born in Saginaw, Michigan in January 1942.
Jun 30, 2022 · False Flag. The story we tell ourselves about today’s Stars and Stripes is a lie. The truth is much stranger. By Alec Nevala-Lee. June 30, 20225:45 AM. President Dwight D. Eisenhower unfurls a new...
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INSPIRATIONAL STORIES. The High Schooler Who Designed The 50-Star American Flag. While most of his high school classmates took a more conventional approach for their class project, Bob G. Heft decided to do something a little more ambitious. He set out to redesign the American flag.
Jun 14, 2016 · Heft, a high school junior and Boy Scout in Troop 113 of Lancaster, Ohio, had been reading the news and knew that Alaska was poised to become our nation’s 49th state, with Hawaii soon behind. So ...
Jul 3, 2009 · Bob Heft. For an American history project during his junior year of high school in 1958, Bob Heft created a 50-star flag. The only problem was that at the time there were only 48 states. Bob had a hunch that two more states would be added and in 1959, Alaska and Hawaii became our 49 th and 50 th states. Bob created the 50-star flag by cutting ...
June 2015 Issue. BY Jill Sell | ART BY The Associated Press. Robert Heft always said he would never part with the American flag he pieced together for a Lancaster High School class project in 1958, and he held true to that conviction for decades. Of course, times and circumstances change.
Aug 20, 2018 · LinkedIn. Pinterest. When Robert G. Heft was a 17-year-old high school junior back in 1958, he had no idea his history project would soon be world famous.
