Where will we put the 51st Star?

Dangle it off the bottom…

A couple of designs here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_state

I like the circular one better

In my back pocket.

I say the stars get lined up on the stripes.

Are you advocating statehood for the District of (“Taxation Without Representation”) Columbia?

Up here in Canada I wasn’t aware of any speculation for a 51st state. Who are you thinking, Puerto Rico?

In the middle, where it belongs.

How about ditching all the stars and replace it with one big star with a ‘51’ printed on it?

There is no candidate to statehood that is likely to make it necessary.

I always thought they should design it to be a big star made out of 51 little stars

@cfrydj What @marinelife said. PR & DC are both possible candidates, but DC would be a pretty tall climb legally to become a state, and PR seems pretty happy with their current status.

@grumpyfish “Braves on the warpath, fight for old D.C.!”

It was something I was thinking about. No particular state or protectorate in mind. I was admiring the symmetry of our 50 stater

I like the round arrangement show in the wikipedia article referenced above. The arrangement is very pleasing to the eye.

I don’t think there is an active effort to introduce a 51st state at this time, but it does come up every once in a while.

@grumpyfish The circular arrangement is a pleasant throwback to much older flags; I might welcome that particular kind of change.
I do not think that we should have a 51st state, though. Partially because state-creation at this point would smell far too political, and partly because 50 is a nice, round, aesthetically-pleasing number.

I wondered this myself when they let Puerto Rico vote to become a state back in the Clinton days. Actually, I am not sure if they did do a vote, but there was a lot of talk about it.