The tomb of U.S. President John Adams in Quincy, Massachusetts, is draped with a flag bearing 15 stars and 15 stripes—a design that was official during his presidency from 1797 to 1801. This flag commemorates the era when two new states, Vermont and Kentucky, joined the original thirteen, temporarily changing the nation’s flag. An annual presidential wreath-laying ceremony, a tradition begun under President Lyndon Johnson, continues to honor Ada…
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