A New Flag

We recently had an election in the United States, which most of the world is quite aware of. During such elections a lot of things wind up on the ballots, not just who will be our next President, but other governmental items that are left to the people to decide. One such item appeared on the ballots of Puerto Rico this year. For many years, Puerto Rico has been a territory of the United States, but not a formal state. This year (as has happened many years in the past, Puerto Ricans were asked if they wanted to become a State within the United States, or continue to be a territory. This year, Puerto Rico decided that they wanted to change their current status, and that statehood was what they would like.

Thus, if everything happens as it should, soon we will have a 51st state in our union.

Fifty-one states.

Well that means we need to change our flag.

My entire life, we’ve been a union of 50 states, and have had 50 stars on our flag. Suddenly, we need to consider how to put 51 stars in a balanced and appealing way onto our flag.

I, of course, thought nothing of this, but others are already been pondering this for a while. (Google 51 star flag. You’ll see.) One of the people pondering this is my husband. He was so excited about his design that he had to show me and asked me to draft it up for him. So here it is:

Enjoy!

Welcome, Puerto Rico, as the newest member of the United States.