What do the white and red stripes on the US flag stand for?

Answer 1

Significance of the Flag's stripesAccording to a Congress resolution in 1777: White represents Purity and Innocence. Red represents Hardiness and Valor. The thirteen stripes represent the original 13 colonies. (Blue represents Vigilance, Perserverence and Justice.)

The flag flown today is patterned, colored and proportioned according to 1912 government specifications, with a white star for each state. The original version had 13 stars - 1 for each of the original colonies.

The Political Significance and History of Colours

The red on the American flag reflects the goal of being a social democracy, while the white of the flag typically represents purity and hope, but also often represents Christianity or the absolution of monarchic rule.

Blue was a colour of much history, having been used by the old Tory Party in Britain, who arose out of opposition to the oligarchic Whig Party. Blue has been the colour of liberalism and conservatism, but the Tory Party that were touting this blue had sought to strengthen its ties with the Church of England (Non-Catholic Christianity). The earliest North American settlers were seeking a land free of oppression and dictatorial government, but also retained their sentimental and gentlemanly affection towards their British counterparts, thus adopting this highly evocative colour.
The 13 stripes on the American flag represent the first 13 British colonies that settled in America and eventually declared their independence during the American Revolution:

• Virginia
• New York
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Maryland
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
• Delaware
• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia

Answer 2

The 13 original colonies... red represents the blood in war and white represents freedom and justice
The alternating red and white stripes represent the 13 original States of the United States of America (also the original 13 Colonies of British America).

Answer 3

The red and white strips stand for the 13 original coloines if you count the strips there should be 13, the # of colines there were back then. The stars stand for the 50 states. If u try counting them, there should be 50 stars.

Answer 4

The white stripes mean, purity. And the red ones mean valor.

Answer 5

It represents the original 13 colonies of The United States of America

Answer 6

There are 13 red and white stripes on an American flag. They represent the 13 colonies. The color red itself means hardiness and valor.

Answer 7

As there is no such thing as the American flag presumably you are referring to the flag of the USA.

The stripes on the flag of the US represent the original thirteen colonies.

Answer 8

They represent the 13 original colonies.

Answer 9

The blood of the dead and the victory