This is important if you are from the United States, and perhaps more so if you are from Lancaster, Ohio, my former stomping grounds.
An Ohio high school student designed the 50-star American flag for a class project. His teacher, Stanley Pratt, originally gave him a B–. That student was, of course, from Lancaster, and the grade, as part of a challenge, was changed to an A. The student was Bob Heft. Why Heft wasn’t invited and in this picture is beyond me.
Heft anticipated the possibility of the United States adding more states, so he designed a 51-star flag. This design features six rows of stars, with the rows alternating between nine and eight stars. This was created in case Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, or another territory might become a state.
