/**
 * Prints facts about the number of stars and stripes
 * on the US flag from 1777 to 2016
 * 
 * Illustrates:
 *      - The basics of declaring, initializing, 
 *        and assigning to primitive variables of type integer
 *      
 * @author alchambers
 */
public class USFlag{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        int numStars = 13;
        System.out.println("In 1777, there were " + numStars + " stars on the US flag");
        
        numStars = 20;
        System.out.println("In 1818, there were " + numStars + " stars on the US flag");
        
        numStars = 48;
        System.out.println("In 1912, there were " + numStars + " stars on the US flag");
        
        numStars = 50;
        System.out.println("In 2016, there were " + numStars + " stars on the US flag");
        
        int numStripes = 13;
        System.out.println("There have always been " + numStripes + " stripes on the US flag");        
    }    
}