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by Fun on July 12th, 2007

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How did the "star" shape come about? Do real stars look like that?

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  • by New Member on July 12th, 2007

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    The five-pointed star was invented by Betsy Ross in 1777. George Washington, the current President of the United States, asked her to create a flag for the United States, according to a design he presented to her. Betsy Ross was the official flagmaker of the Pennsylvania Navy. She convinced George Washington to change all the six-pointed stars in his design to five-pointed stars, since her grandmother had taught Betsy how to cut perfect five-pointed stars out of cloth. That's how the five-pointed star was invented. Many people have stolen the five-pointed star from the flag of the United States, and now they are teaching many children that is how real stars look, which they don't. Real stars are spheres, but because of the dirt in the earth's atmosphere, the stars look like they have points on them when viewed from the earth's surface, but most people think they look like 4 or 6-pointed stars, but Betsy Ross's grandmother actually invented the five-pointed star, and many countries have taken the symbol to use on their flags, since they cannot come up with a good symbol for their nation. I am a member of the North American Vexillological Association (http://ww.nava.org), which is a worldwide association devoted to vexillology, which is the study of flags. I hope this helps. CUL8R! ;-)

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