51-star American flags displayed in DC in run-up to statehood hearing

By Zach Halaschak

Published September 16, 2019 8:57pm ET

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51-star American flags displayed in DC in run-up to statehood hearing — Flags fly at sunset with 51 instead of the usual 50 stars, along Pennsylvania Ave., part of a display in support of statehood for the District of Columbia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Washington. | (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

As Washington, D.C., gears up for a statehood hearing, the mayor’s office has flanked iconic Pennsylvania Avenue with 140 flags sporting an extra star.

The hearing, planned for Thursday, will be the first full committee hearing on a District statehood bill since 1993. The bill calls for the city to be admitted to the United States “on equal footing with the other states.”

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