Adopted on July 4, 1912 this was the flag in use by the Untied States at the time of World War I and World War II.

By Executive Order of President Taft  the U.S. flag grew to 48 stars reflecting the recent addtions of New Mexico and Arizona as states. This Executive Order also established the standard proportions of the flag and dictated the arrangement of the stars in six rows of eight with the point of each star to be up. This flag was official until 1959 (47 years), longer than any other US flag.