Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

WHEREAS the State of Alaska has this day been admitted to the Union; and WHEREAS chapter 1 of title 4 of the United States Code provides that a star shall be added to the union of the flag of the United States upon the admission of a new State into the Union.

Context

Executive Order 10798—Flag of the United States

01/02/1959

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