All flags represent an organization or institution of some kind. The shapes and symbols, and their colors, on the flag represent that organization's core principles. The US flag represents the US government. The core principle being expressed in the stripes is "E pluribus unum", that is, "one from the many". The stripes are the "many" part, the constellation of stars is the "one" part, forming a single united, or federated, constellation. Originally there were 13 states (countries) confederated into a United States, hence 13 stripes, and as various versions of the flag evolved from prior ones, often a stripe as well as a star were added when a new state joined the Union.
Now to return to the question of the stripes' orientation. The flag represents the US government, or some agency or aspect of it. By convention, horizontal stripes denote the US government in a military capacity. Vertical stripes, and there have been several flags that actually had vertical stripes, were adopted to denote the government in a civil capacity. So the version of the flag that currently prevails is the _military_ version.
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The vertical flag is not the same thing as taking a horizontal flag and tilting it 90o. The stars (Union) still go on the upper left, in the same position as if the flag was horizontal.
To the best of my knowledge. If the stripe go in order left to right red then white then blue and the flag is a square, it's likely the "T" or "tango" signal flag. If the stripes go blue then white then red with no symbol on it, it's the French flag.
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i think the horizontal is the line go up and vertical is the line go straight across
Horizontal is across. Vertical is up and down.
Vertical lines go up and down. Horizontal lines go left to right.
The state flag of Hawaii is red white and blue. It features the Union Jack of Great Britain in the top left corner, with eight horizontal stripes on the rest of the flag. The stripes represent the eight major islands, and go in the order of white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red.
Rows are horizontal and columns are vertical.
Vertical means to go up and down. Left to right is horizontal.
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There is no horizontal rudder. The horizontal control surface is the elevator. The rudder steers, elevator makes the plane go up and down
Of the thirteen stripes on the United States flag, six of these cover the entire width of the flag - the other seven are interrupted by the blue rectangle in the canton - that is, the top left hand side - of the flag.