Designer of 50-star flag looks back at his high school project

Today, the designer of America's fifty-star flag looked back at how it all started—with a high school project. According to NPR, his flag design, which was completed as a student assignment decades ago, remains unchanged as the official symbol of the United States. It's a striking reminder that some of our most enduring national symbols began not in a legislative chamber or with a team of designers, but in a student's notebook.

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