The Story Behind Bob Heft

For an American history project during his junior year of high school in 1958, Bob Heft created a 50-star flag. The only problem was that at the time there ...

Bob Heft & the 50-Star Flag | Wakeman Funeral Home - Saginaw, MI

Robert (Bob) G. Heft was born on January 19, 1942, in Saginaw, Michigan. He was moved to Lancaster, Ohio at about the age of one. Heft was ...

The High Schooler Who Designed The 50-Star American Flag

Heft decided to do something a little more ambitious. He set out to redesign the American flag. It was 1958 and Heft's history teacher, Stanley Pratt, asked his ...

How an Ohio High Schooler Designed Our 50-Star Flag

In 1958, Robert Heft of Lancaster envisioned an updated American flag. The rest is history. June 2015 Issue BY Jill Sell | ART BY The Associated Press.

The story behind the current American flag design

The current American flag was designed by a 17-year-old high school student named Robert Heft in 1958.

False Flag

As an assignment for his American history class, Heft decided to make a new U.S. flag with 50 stars, which he cut out of mending fabric, ironed ...

Robert G. Heft designed the modern American flag at 17 years old in ...

Robert G. Heft designed the modern American flag at 17 years old in 1958 for a high school history project. His teacher gave him a “B” grade.

Fun With Flags: How Student Voice Gave Us the Current Design of ...

In 1958, while living with his grandparents in Lancaster, OH, Bob Heft completed a design of the American flag as a project for his American History class.

A High Schooler Got A B- For Designing The Current American Flag

In 1958, a 17-year-old Bob Heft set out to complete an open-ended assignment for his American History class in Lancaster, Ohio.

The Story Behind Bob Heft, the Designer of our 50 Star Flag

Today's flag was not fashioned by the hands of Betsy but rather Bob. Bob Heft is credited for designing our current 50-star flag and the ...

Our 50 State Flag: How One Ohio Teen's Quest to Change His ...

On July 4, 1960, teenager Robert (Bob) G. Heft sat in a swivel chair next to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and asked, “How do you like your ...

Is it true that the current U.S. flag was designed by a 17-year-old for ...

Robert G. Heft. In 1958 a history teacher assigned his class to design a new flag at Lancaster High School because he was anticipating Alaska ...

The Robert G. Heft Story - YouTube

Discover the captivating story of Robert G. Heft, the high school student who redesigned the American flag in 1958.

A Boy Scout designed the 50-star American flag

Bob Heft loved flags, and he loved politics. So when his US History teacher handed out a homework assignment in 1958, Heft had the perfect idea.

Robert G. Heft - ChamberofCommerce.org

If the nation ever gets around to adding a new state to the union, Mayor Robert Heft will have a flag with 51 stars ready to go. Heft's niche in history is ...

In Defense Of The Flag (Sewn For History Class) - NPR

Bob Heft, who sewed the 50-state flag as a high schooler, received a B- for his project. Heft's history teacher accused him of not knowing ...

Bob Heft: How a High School Student Redesigned the 50 Star ...

Assigned by his history teacher Stanley Pratt to create anything for show and tell, Heft's mind wandered to the possibility of Alaska and Hawaii ...

Bob Heft Designer of the 50 Star Flag

text size A A A July 3, 2009 For an American history class project during his junior year of high school, Bob Heft, now 67, created a 50-star flag. The only ...

FLAG WITH ROBERT G. HEFT'S 50-STAR DESIGN TO BE SOLD

It is said that Heft created the 50-star flag design for a high school history class project when he was 17 years old. It's hard to believe, but he received ...

The 50-Star American Flag Began as a High School Project—and It ...

Heft's history teacher assigned a class project where each student had to bring in something they made. Having been “inspired by the Betsy Ross ...