The American Flag has 13 stripes to represent its original 13 colonies.
13 Stripes on the American Flag
The 13 stripes of the American flag represent the original 13 colonies that declared independence from England.
The thirteen stars on the old American flag represented the thirteen colonies.
Because those are the colours of Stars and Stripes, the flag of the U.S.A.
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The American flag is commonly referred to as the "Stars and Stripes" or the "Old Glory."
The American Flag didn't exist.
The Stars and Stripes.
13 Stars/Stripes on the First American Flag**June 14, 1777 - The Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act stating, "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."
The American flag is referred to as "the stars and stripes". Fifty stars and thirteen stripes.
13 stars and stripes
The Stars and Stripes.
stripes and stars
No. At least not "officially." The U.S. flag from 1777 to 1795 had 13 stars and 13 red & white stripes. Then in 1795, after Vermont and Kentucky joined we had a 15 star flag with 15 red and white stripes, our "Star Spangled Banner." Then in 1818 after five more states joined our flag had 20 stars and 13 red and white stripes.
There have always been 13 stripes on the American flag, as the stripes represent the 13 original colonies. In 1846, there were 28 stars on the flag.
It actually has 13 stripes with 50 stars.