Apparently they were "swiped" from the flag of the British East India Company.
Other English flags also sported them.
The flag of the U.S.A. is calledthe star and stripes or red,white and blue.
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12 US states have flags that predominantly feature the colors red, white, and blue. They are : Arkansas - white diamond on blue diamond on red rectangle Colorado - red C on blue and white stripes Georgia - blue field on red and white stripes Hawaii - UK union jack with red, white, and blue stripes Iowa - white field between vertical red and blue stripes Mississippi - Confederate field on blue white and red stripes Missouri - state seal on red, white, and blue stripes North Carolina - blue field on red and white stripes Ohio - pennant with blue field, red and white stripes Tennessee - blue right edge, white stars on blue circle on red Texas - Lone Star flag with white star on blue field, white and red stripes (inverse of NC) Wyoming - white buffalo on blue, on white, on red *In contrast, there are 24 state flags that are predominantly blue or dark blue with little red.
Because those are the colours of Stars and Stripes, the flag of the U.S.A.
The Italian flag has three vertical stripes, green, white and red. The Irish flag also has three vertical stripes, green, white and orange.
it is white with a red stripe. The red has no flavor only the white.
I'm looking to find out what these red flag;s with white stripes mean when nailed to a vacant home
There is more red stripes on the flag than there is white * White-6 stripes * red-7 stripes
There are 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes.
There are seven red and six white stripes on the American flag. (thirteen)
7/13 of the stripes on an American flag are red.
There are 13 stripes, alternating red and white. The first and last stripes are red. There are 7 red and 6 white stripes.