D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has ordered a 51-star U.S. flag be displayed in the city on Flag Day to promote the District’s statehood drive.
Ms. Bowser, who is facing reelection this year, said the flag would be displayed on Pennsylvania Avenue. The symbol will represent the 700,000 city residents who demand to be recognized as a state, she said.
“On Flag Day, we celebrate American ideals, American history, and American liberty. But the very foundation of those ideals, and the basis for our liberty, is representation,” Ms. Bowser said. “D.C.’s disenfranchisement is a stain on American democracy — a 220-year-old wrong that demands to be righted.