Fox Nation Streams Episode on Bob Heft's 50-Star Flag Claim

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 25

Fox Nation has released the first episode of “Crazy American History with Eric Shawn,” centering on Bob Heft’s long-running claim that he designed the 50-star U.S. flag at age 17.
In 1959, Heft sewed the flag for a high school history project and sent it to President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Hawaii prepared to become the 50th state.
Heft said Eisenhower later told him his design had been selected, and White House correspondence shows he pressed officials to recognize his flag as the one adopted.
The episode also tests that claim, noting Heft’s design predated the official adoption and that his flag was flown over at least 40 state capitols from 1960 to 1962.
Heft, who died in 2009, spent decades promoting the story, which the program revisits as part of a broader look at disputed pieces of American history.