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How many stripes were on the US flag when Abraham Lincoln was the US president?
13. The number of stripes represent the original colonies, so they never change. The number of stars, represent the states so that if some break away like the confederates did, the flag would have to be redone.
Does the US flag include Hawaii and Puerto Rico?
To the extent that the US flag represents all the sovereign territory of the United States, it includes both Hawaii and Puerto Rico. However, the stars on the US Flag represent the states of the union. Hawaii is a state and so is represented on that part of the flag. Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth in Free Association with the United States, not a state, so it is not represented among the stars on the US flag.
Why does the US flag only have one star?
The US flag does not, nor has it ever had one star. It has one star for each state, so it currently has 50 stars.
How many more stars are on the US flag today than the flag that Betsy Ross in 1777?
The US flag has 50 stars, one for each state
How many stars are in us flag?
Each state has a star, so currently 50 stars.
Why did the US flag have 49 stars?
For a very brief period of time - between Alaska's statehood on January 3, 1959 to Hawaii's statehood on August 21, 1959 - there were 49 states, so there were 49 stars on the US flag. Hawaii was the 50th state to join the Union. It was a territory of the United States since 1898. Prior to that, it had been a sovereign nation. Territories of the United States do not have a star on the U.S. flag.
Why does the US flag represent freedom?
because they used it when they were fighting for their freedon from England so it stands for freedom
How many stars were on the flag when the US joined as a state?
shut up sucker star, so you are a sucker dumb one's.
How many more stars does the current flag have?
The USA flag has 50 stars. The old USA flag had 13 stars. So that's a difference of 37
How are the stripes arranged on the US flag?
There are 13 stripes and 50 stars on the US flag (Old Glory). The stripes represent the 13 original states and the stars represent the number of current states (which has often changed over 200 years).There are 7 red stripes and 6 white ones, so that there is a red one at the top and on the bottom. The first 4 red stripes run only partly across, from the blue field* containing the stars to the opposite edge. The 4th white stripe is the first to span the width of the flag, running below the blue field. This leaves 3 red and 2 white stripes running the full width below it.*The blue field containing that stars is 2/5 the total width of the flag and 7/13ths the height. It contains 5 rows of 6 stars and 4 rows of 5 stars.
How many stars were there on the first US flag?
The first official United States flag came from a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on June 14th 1777, had 13 stars. However before this time the Grand Union Flag (Continental Colors) was used to represent the 13 Colonies, had 13 stripes and the British Union with no stars.
What do the 13 strpes on the falg represent?
The 13 stripes on the USA flag represent the 13 original colonies. There were at one time also 13 stars, but as the number of states grew, so did the stars. The number of stripes has always remained the same to remember the original 13.
