Gallery I, A new constellation: 13 stars and 13 stripes for a new nation; The Flag Resolution of 1777
Gallery II, A new star for every state; The Flag Act of 1794
Gallery III, The end of compromise: stars excluded stars defended; Exclusionary flags, 1850-1860
Gallery IV, Guides on the colors; American flags in conflict
Gallery V, Manifest destiny: new stars for a new land; The centennial celebration
Gallery VI, A symbol of world power: The stars & stripes at home and abroad; An equal among the world's powers
Epilogue, Patriotism at war / Henry Berger
Thoughts of a collector, Whose flag is it anyway? / Ben Reed Zaricor
Abraham Lincoln funeral flag (pg. 143)
Stripes, stars and states (pg. 144)