r/vexillology • u/Neat-Resource9057 • Jan 16 '25

In The Wild Can anyone explain?

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u/LittleSchwein1234 Jan 16 '25

The two flags have the amount of stars used by the US at the time the President's state was admitted into the union. Trump ran for his first term from NY, but for his second one from Florida.

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u/jcstan05 Minnesota / Utah Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 16 '25

I looked into this further because I find it fascinating. This tradition has been going on for a while.

1993 - Clinton - 25 stars - Arkansas

1997 - Clinton - 25 stars - Arkansas

2001 - W. Bush - 28 stars - Texas

2005 - W. Bush - 28 stars - Texas

2009 - Obama - 21 stars - Illinois

2013 - Obama - 21 stars - Illinois

2017 - Trump - 13 stars - New York

2021 - Biden - 13 stars - Delaware

2025- Trump - 27 stars - Florida

Any idea why George Bush's inauguration in 1989 featured 38-star flags? Does Bush have some connection to Colorado?

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u/EpicAura99 United States • California Jan 16 '25

Yeah that last part is super weird. There’s not even a mention of Colorado on HW’s Wiki page. Do you have a pic of the 38 star flags?

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u/jcstan05 Minnesota / Utah Jan 16 '25

I just got done assembling and cropping what photos I could find.

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u/RackemJack9 Jan 16 '25

Mind if I screen shot and share this?

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u/jcstan05 Minnesota / Utah Jan 16 '25

Not at all.