The thirteen stripes of the U.S Flag (red alternating white) represent the 13 original colonies of the Unites States. Its fifty stars represent the 50 states.
The original 13 colonies.
The stripes on the U.S flag are white and red. There are 13 of the stripes and they each stand for one of the 13 original colonies of the United states.
Seven red stripes.
The red and white stripes on the flag represent the original 14 colonies
they stand for the first 13 colonies
Stripes
Purity and innocence
The original British colonies.
They are red and white.
They are red and white.
The stripes on the United States flag (13 in the current form), represent the original 13 founding colonies. The color of the stripes (alternating red and white) don't individually stand for anything - that is, the color of the stripes, field, and stars don't specifically have any meaning. The choice of red, white, and blue for the US Flag seems to come from the Union Jack (the flag of the United Kingdom). As the original colonies were formerly British, using the flag of their former overlord as the basis for the new flag is a reasonable choice.
There are 7 red and 6 white stripes.