The 13 stripes, on the American flag, represents the 13 colonies. The 13 colonies were what used to be America, before they became a country.
The 13 flags of the American flag stand for the 13 colonies.
The flag of the U.S.A. is calledthe star and stripes or red,white and blue.
The American Flags nickname is neither. Its Old Glory.
The thirteen stripes represents the thirteen colonies
If you're speaking of the 13 stripes on the American flag, then that symbolizes the 13 original colonies.
It depends which flag you're talking about. Some flags don't have any striped at all. All flags that do have stripes each have a different purpose for their stripes.
Nancy Druckman has written: 'American flags' -- subject(s): Flags, History
She sewed the American flags and she helped in wars
By flags and stars and stripes.
The Flag has 50 stars for the 50 states, and has 13 stripes for the 13 original colonies. The American flags can be bought for about 20 dollars at online stores for full sized and as little as a dollar for minis.
The American flag began with 15 stripes. In the early 1800's the flag was changed to 13 stripes (representing the original 13 colonies) and a star representing each state. There have been many changes to the patterns of the stars as the country expanded. There are links added to help explain the flags more specifically.
Many flags are like that. A couple of examples are the French and Italian flags.