The European Union displayed a wrong flag during a meeting with the United States
At a meeting between Pence and Tusk in Brussels, the monitors showed a US flag with 51 stars. What the correct flag looks like.
On 20 February 2017, during the meeting held in Brussels between US Vice-President Mike Pence and European Council President Donald Tusk, an incorrect flag could be seen on the monitors behind the two leaders.
The incorrect flag on the monitors.
On the flag you can count 51 stars, when the correct number is 50, and the rows of stars were compressed into 6 instead of the 9 on the official flag.
What the US flag looks like
- 13 horizontal stripes, red and white, starting with a red one: they represent the thirteen British colonies that won independence.
- 50 white five-pointed stars, in a blue canton, arranged in nine rows alternating 6 and 5 stars: one for each state.
- Proportion 10:19.
- Since 4 July 1960, after Hawaii joined: before that there were 49 stars (from 4 July 1959, for Alaska) and 48 (from 1912 to 1959).
The correct flag, with 50 stars in nine rows.
Created by jacobolus using Adobe Illustrator. · Dominio público 1912-1959
The flag has 48 stars.
Diseño: Gobierno de EE. UU.; SVG: Gunter Küchler · Dominio público 1959
On 4 July it comes to have 49 stars, because of Alaska.
1960
On 4 July, after Hawaii joins, it comes to have 50 stars, those of the current flag.
2017
On 20 February, at a meeting in Brussels, the monitors show a flag with 51 stars.
