13 Stripes and 51 Stars

I like the Brazilian solution of positioning the stars on the flag as they appear in the sky.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Brazil" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Brazil</a><p>I was a bit disappointed when the Brazilian soccer squad won their fifth world title and didn't put the stars in a Southern Cross formation on their uniform.

uhm "The United States Army Institute of Heraldry has plans for flags with up to 56 stars" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Institute_of_Heraldry" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Institute_of...</a> <a href="http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/</a>

Different, but I really like the proposed circular formation for 51 stars. <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US_51-star_alternate_flag.svg/800px-US_51-star_alternate_flag.svg.png" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US_...</a><p>Of course if we adopted it, some right-wingers would say it means were going commie, or something like it.

I wonder why there are no valid patterns for 87 stars?

Sad that Puerto Rico might become a state before DC

So, what did we do when we had 29 states?

No solution for 87?