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3 Read the story about the American flag and say if the following statements are true, false or whether theretasks no information in the text.

1. The first American flag was created by the Pilgrims.

2. The first American flag was designed by the author of the Declaration of Independence.

3. George Washington designed the first flag.

4. The story about Betsy Ross cannot be proved, but a lot of people believe it.

5. There were thirteen stars and thirteen stripes on the original US flag.

6. The stars and stripes used to symbolize the first thirteen states.

7. More stars and stripes used to be added to the flag when more states joined the Union.

8. Nowadays there are fifty stars and thirty-seven stripes on the flag.

9. The stripes on the flag stand for all the states that the USA consists of today.

10. If another state joins the USA one day, another star will be added to the flag.

The history of the American flag

At the time of the Revolution, America needed its own flag to lead the soldiers into battle. The American flag was created even before the Declaration of Independence was signed. There is a story about it. Historians say that there are no facts to prove it, but people still believe it.

According to a popular story, the first American flag was made by Betsy Ross, a seamstress from Philadelphia. She did some sewing for George Washington, who at the time was the leader of the Continental Army. One day Washington and two other representatives from the Continental Congress came to Betsy Rosstasks shop and asked her to have a look at the drawing of the American flag. It had been designed by George Washington himself. He decided to have thirteen stars and thirteen stripes on the flag to symbolize the thirteen states of America. Betsey Ross made the flag and soon it became the most popular national symbol. It was approved by the Continental Congress on June 14,1777, and now on this day every year Americans celebrate Flag Day.

"But there are more than thirteen stars on the modern US flag," you may say and youtaskd be right.

After the first thirteen colonies signed the Declaration of Independence and formed the Union, more colonies joined. In 1791 and 1792 Vermont and Kentucky were admitted to the Union, so two more stars and two more stripes were added to the flag. As the Union grew, however, it became clear that the flag was becoming too big. In the end, it was decided to add a star for every new state, but to keep the number of stripes unchanged. So there will always be thirteen stripes on the American flag to commemorate the original thirteen colonies that started the Union. The last new star, bringing the total to 50, was added in 1960 after Hawaii became a state.

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Misha: Now I understand. When Robin went to hide the treasure, he had to cross a lot of states, so he simply showed us his route.

Mark: Yes, he started in the second state, then he went to the seventeenth... But wait. How do we know which state is which?

Jack: Oh, thattasks easy. I dontaskt remember exactly, but we can always find this information on the Internet.