What do the colors on the American Flag symbolize?

Answer 1

The stripes represent the thirteen colonies that first founded the United States. They are colored red and white alternately. The stars represent the number of states.

The actual colors (red/white/blue) have no official meaning.

Answer 2

Nothing. The colors used were taken from the British flag in 1776 by Francis Hopkinson for the navy. He used the British colors and added stripes. Later, he added stars to replace the cross on the British flag.

Answer 3

Red = courage

White= strength

Blue= Justice

Actually, the colors of the flag have no official meaning (unlike certain other countries, such as Mexico or France, where the colors do have an official meaning).

The misunderstanding of the meaning comes from the description of the Seal of the United States, where it states that the Seal uses the colors of the flag, then proceeds to assign meaning to those colors. This is the meaning of the colors in the Seal, but not in the flag. There has never been any official proclamation (Executive Order or Congressional law) which defines what the colors in the flag mean.

Answer 4

Nothing. The colors of the US Flag don't have any official meaning.

Many people and organizations have attempted to give specific meanings for the color selection, but none of that is officially recognized. According to the U.S. Government, the colors are just that: colors, with no additional meaning.

Answer 5

Popular history states the red of the flag represents valor, white stands for liberty or purity and blue represents justice, loyalty and perseverance. These meanings are unofficial though.

For the source and more detailed information concerning this request, click on the related links section (World Flags 101.com) indicated below this answer box.

As noted in the associated link, however, the meanings of the colors are unofficial. Official US Code as pertains to the Flag does not assign any meaning whatsoever to the colors in the flag.

Answer 6

they were adopted from britain's flag, but do not represent anything. the stripes and stars, however, do represent the 13 original states in stripes, and the 50 current states in stars.

Answer 7

red- blood that was shed during war

white- purity and innocence

blue the water that was crossed

Answer 8

Actually, the colors have no meaning. The Boy Scouts handbook listed meaning to the colors in the 1930's, but when it was made no meaning was applied to the colors.

Answer 9

Red, White, and Blue represent freedom.

Answer 10

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