My great Grandmother which I knew as well as an up to 8 yo can , was born under a flag with only 46 stars ...... Maybe fewer ........ She was born in 1888 and at least briefly ,living on a farm in Los Angeles, wasn't all that far from the international that may or may not have been a 34th parallel for Santa Anna . Fortunately McKinley and Roosevelt got that one squared away . Of course that started some feces all over the Pacific after the annex from Spain .
Europeans take great joy in reminding Americans that we are" the spoiled little children" . When presented with that opportunity I remind them that it only took the spoiled little children 3.5 years to settle up 1400 years of border disputes with Germany , France, England,Spain , and Italy . That resolution has lasted longer than any marriage among kings solution ever did . Off course they're still cleaning up UXO in Berlin as full time jobs .