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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-08 12:38 AM
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42. To be fair, it's only been 59 years since statehood for Alaska
Whereas Rhode Island has been part of the union for 218.

Not to mention that whenever I have visited museums and tourist areas in, say, Boston, I've found that the 13 star flag was in use all over the place.
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  - Oh, snap!  Bernardo de La Paz   Sep-09-08 11:36 PM   #2 
  - This must go nucular.  madeline_con   Sep-09-08 11:38 PM   #3 
  - Jesus Christ, is that a fucking photoshop job?  Bread and Circus   Sep-09-08 11:38 PM   #4 
  - The resolution is too low for certainty.  LunaSea   Sep-09-08 11:47 PM   #15 
  - ahem  orleans   Sep-09-08 11:51 PM   #16 
  - Here is the pic from an AK government website  rainbow4321   Sep-09-08 11:55 PM   #23 
  - This woman is fucking dangerous. If McCain wins I give up.  thunder rising   Sep-09-08 11:38 PM   #5 
  - nice.  d_b   Sep-09-08 11:39 PM   #6 
  - "When you wish upon a star...  Old Crusoe   Sep-09-08 11:39 PM   #7 
  - This must be the most surreal election in US history.  Greg K   Sep-09-08 11:41 PM   #8 
  - Seriously, if this isn't photoshopped, it needs to go to Keith and Rachael. n/t  seafan   Sep-09-08 11:43 PM   #9 
  - It isn't and it will. (nt)  FatDave   Sep-10-08 12:18 AM   #36 
  - Very odd  KathieG   Sep-09-08 11:44 PM   #10 
  - Traitorous  kurth_   Sep-09-08 11:45 PM   #11 
  - I call bullshit just because No One ever made a 49 star flag back in the day.  slampoet   Sep-09-08 11:45 PM   #12 
  - Maybe the AIP made a 49 star flag?  tridim   Sep-09-08 11:51 PM   #17 
  - Big Lot - 49 Star Flags - Alaska Statehood. Starting Bid $59.95 - eBay  kurth_   Sep-10-08 12:00 AM   #28 
  - Oh really?  Ghost in the Machine   Sep-09-08 11:54 PM   #21 
  - Geeze, you didn't even google it first.  tuvor   Sep-10-08 12:00 AM   #27 
  - Umm, no, not quite  lapfog_1   Sep-10-08 12:01 AM   #29 
  - I have to thank you for the correction.  slampoet   Sep-10-08 12:31 AM   #38 
  - the star for Hawaii wasn't added until 1960  notadmblnd   Sep-10-08 12:09 AM   #33 
  - We lost a star. What you folks didn't hear  Nasprin   Sep-09-08 11:46 PM   #13 
  - Yes. And it's TERRIBLY exotic, too.  Old Crusoe   Sep-09-08 11:59 PM   #26 
  - awww shoot  riverwalker   Sep-09-08 11:46 PM   #14 
  - the irony of it. nt :)  Greg K   Sep-09-08 11:52 PM   #19 
  - I don't understand  johnnydrama   Sep-09-08 11:52 PM   #20 
     - Alaska is the 49th state - that is all.  Greg K   Sep-09-08 11:55 PM   #24 
     - The US flag AFTER Alaska admitted but before Hawaii...  lapfog_1   Sep-09-08 11:58 PM   #25 
  - Before we get ahead of ourselves...  lapfog_1   Sep-09-08 11:51 PM   #18 
  - yes, lets not push false rumors like this - it makes it that much harder to focus on real issues  Greg K   Sep-09-08 11:54 PM   #22 
  - Missing Hawaii, 50th anniversity, looks like an old flag ...  mcg   Sep-10-08 12:04 AM   #30 
  - I read somewhere recently that Alaskans prefer to fly the 49 star flag  Emit   Sep-10-08 12:04 AM   #31 
  - Odd since Rhode Islanders don't display 13 star flags very often at all.  slampoet   Sep-10-08 12:33 AM   #40 
     - To be fair, it's only been 59 years since statehood for Alaska  lapfog_1   Sep-10-08 12:38 AM   #42 
     - ohio's STATE FLAG has 17 stars  unblock   Sep-10-08 06:32 AM   #44 
  - Also, if you go on the Alaska Gov website there is a caption that says that is an original flag  Emit   Sep-10-08 12:06 AM   #32 
  - I'm not sure, but I don't think there ever WAS a 49-star...  dchill   Sep-10-08 12:10 AM   #34 
  - The 49- and 50-star unions  Ghost in the Machine   Sep-10-08 12:14 AM   #35 
     - Yeah - just got back from Wikipedia.  dchill   Sep-10-08 12:18 AM   #37 
        - Good lord... of COURSE the photo is more recent...  lapfog_1   Sep-10-08 12:32 AM   #39 
           - I believe that's what I just did.  dchill   Sep-10-08 12:36 AM   #41 
  - She looks like a back-up singer...  Shadoobie   Sep-10-08 01:38 AM   #43 
  - I have an American Flag made for me  norepubsin08   Sep-10-08 10:50 AM   #45 
 

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