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A five-pointed star is a common ideogram in modern culture.It was introduced for the flag of the United States in the Flag Act of 1777 and has since become widely used in flags.
Sopdet has a five-pointed star hieroglyph on her head.
The five-pointed star was preferred in English and Scottish heraldry from the beginning.The preferred number of points in German heraldry was six.[2]
The legend says that a white star did light and arrest the standard of the De Vere family during the First Crusade.The Earl of Oxford's white star was mistaken for the white rose of Edward IV and he lost the battle, which probably changed English history.[3]
The flag of the United States has five stars.The flag act didn't specify any particular arrangement, number of points, or orientation for the stars.Some flag makers arranged the stars into one big star, in a circle or in rows, while others replaced a state's star with its initial.13 five-pointed stars are arranged in a circle with the Betsy Ross flag in the middle.The American flag shown in the painting Surrender of Lord Cornwallis has twelve stars arranged along the outline of a rectangular shape.[6]
The use of five-pointed stars increased in the 19th century.The coat of arms of Valais was designed with twelve stars.The flag of Chile has a single five-pointed star.The flag of Texas was similar.The star and crescent used by the Ottoman Empire was shown with eight stars in the early 18th century, but was changed to a five star flag in 1844.Venezuela, Honduras, Philippines, Cuba, Panama, Jordan, and Pakistan adopted five-pointed star designs in the late 19th to early 20th century.The flags of Minnesota and Maine used the same design.
The five-pointed star was used in military badges in the 19th century.In the American Civil War, XII Corps of the Union Army used a red star, while VII Corps had a five-pointed star.A five-pointed red star was used by the U.S. Army in 1916.[7]
The American tradition of barnstars, decorative five-pointed stars attached to buildings, appears to have arisen in Pennsylvania after the Civil War, and became widespread by the 1930s.[8]
The Swiss 1 and 2 Francs coins were introduced in 1874 and had a depiction of the canton of Jura surrounded by 22 stars.
During the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922, the five-pointed Red Star was adopted as a symbol of communism.The red star has been used in North Korea since 1948.The state emblem of Vietnam and the People's Republic of China have a yellow star on red background, as well as on the flags of most Communist countries.In the 1930s, red luminescent Kremlin stars were installed on five towers of the Moscow Kremlin, replacing gilded eagles that had symbolized Imperial Russia.The tradition of putting red stars on New Year trees in the Soviet Union continues to this day.
The European Communities adopted the flag of Europe in 1985 and it has a circle of twelve yellow stars on a blue background.[9]
The concept of "stardom" in the film industry came about because of the use of star for theatrical lead performers.The Hollywood Walk of Fame is where famous entertainers are honored with five-pointed stars.10