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The number of the stripes - 13 - signifies the 13 colonies of the time. The red, historically, represents the British while the white stripes cutting through the red is a political statement against Great Britain and its rule over the colonies.
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∙ 6y agoStars represent the 13 colonies and today all 50 states.
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American flag facts?
each stripe on the flag represents the 13 original colonies
What do the strpis represents on the American flag?
The thirteen stripes represent the original thirteen colonies.
What on the US flag represents the 13 original colonies?
It is the stripes on the flag that represent the 13 original colonies
On the us flag what represents the 13 original colonies?
It is the stripes on the flag that represent the 13 original colonies
Does the 13 colonies have something to do with your flag?
Each stripe represents one of the original 13 colonies.
What does the color white represent on the American flag?
The colors of the American flag were taken from the flag of the United Kingdom, and represent noting in themselves. The flag as a whole represents the United States of America, the stars represent the states in the union and the stripes represent the original 13 colonies turned states.
What does the American flage represent?
On the flag the stars represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes represent the original colonies of the United States. The flag all together represents FREEDOM.
What is the history of the American flag's stripes?
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.
Why were stripes on the American flag?
to represent the original 13 colonies
Why is there stripes on the American flag?
because of thirteen original colonies.
What does the lines on the American flag mean?
The stripes on the flag represent the 13 original colonies. I have not seen a specific designation for each stripe in sequence. Only that they as a group represent the original 13 as a group.
Why does the flag have 13stripes?
The American Flag has 13 stripes to represent its original 13 colonies.
