Next Step of New York's Promise to Women: Ever Upward â More Information Available Here. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced he is proposing to once and for all guarantee a womanâs right to choose in New York by codifying the protections established by the 1973 Roe v. Wade into the state constitution.
The American Flag and Its Protocol. The Flag of the United States of America is a symbol of freedom and liberty to which Americans pledge their allegiance by standing at attention, facing the flag with the right hand over the heart, and reciting:
The current official U.S. flag is a 50 star flag, born of the need for a more practical design to accommodate new states entering the union. On April 4, 1818, Congress established the number of stripes at seven red and six white, and provided the addition of one star for each new state. The thirteen stripes represent the original 13 colonies. The 50 star flag has been in use since July 4, 1960 when Hawaii officially joined the union. In the first years of the Revolutionary War, America fought under many flags.