Flags

Attributed to George Washington was that it takes the stars from the heavens, and the red from our mother country, separated by white stripes, and the white stripes would mean liberty.

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• The thirteen stripes represent the original thirteen colonies. The colors have a different meaning. White represents courage and red represents the blood shed.

• 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. You will find that many flags of the time, including the flag of George Rogers Clark carried the tradition of intersected red fields.

• What I have found about what do the "colors" represent, are: Red-Hardiness, courage, White-Purity, innocence, Blue-Vigilance, perseverance, and justice.

• The web page ushistory.org gave me information about the Flag. It is said that the stars were taken from the sky, the red was inspired by the British colors, and the white stripes indicate secession from the home country. Yet, there is no official meaning for the colors of the flag.

• The red, white, and blue colors on the American flag represent philosophical values. Red: Blood, war, and courage. Blue: Justice and Freedom. White: Purity.

• The thirteen stripes represent the original thirteen colonies. The colors have different meanings. White means courage and red means bloodshed.

• Well, the 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies of the U.S.A.. It used to be 1 stripe and star for each state, but with each new state that joined, another stripe and star had to be added. Eventually, there were so many stripes, it was decided that there would be only 13 stripes to honor the first 13 colonies and just a star for each state.

• June 14, 1777, congress declares the flag should have thirteen white stars in a blue background and thirteen alternate red and white stripes. The red means hardiness and valor. White signifies purity and innocence. Blue is the color of the Chief. The star symbolizes heaven and the goal all man have been striving for. The stripe is a ray of light from the sun.

The color's on the Roman flag is Red and yellow. On one side there is Red and on the Other side there is orange.

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The stars on the American flag are in the order of each state, joined the Union. The stars begin with:

1 ~ Delaware ~ 1787

2 ~ Pennsylvania ~ 1787

3 ~ New Jersey ~ 1787

4 ~ Georgia ~ 1788

5 ~ Connecticut ~ 1788

6 ~ Massachusetts ~ 1788

7 ~ Maryland ~ 1788

8 ~ South Carolina ~ 1788

9 ~ New Hampshire ~ 1788

10 ~ Virginia ~ 1788

11 ~ New York ~ 1788

12 ~ North Carolina ~ 1789

13 ~ Rhode Island ~ 1790

14 ~ Vermont ~ 1791

15 ~ Kentucky ~ 1792

16 ~ Tennessee ~ 1796

17 ~ Ohio ~ 1803

18 ~ Louisiana ~ 1812

19 ~ Indiana ~ 1816

20 ~ Mississippi ~ 1817

21 ~ Illinois ~ 1818

22 ~ Alabama ~ 1819

23 ~ Maine ~ 1820

24 ~ Missouri ~ 1821

25 ~ Arkansas ~ 1836

26 ~ Michigan ~ 1837

27 ~ Florida ~ 1845

28 ~ Texas ~ 1845

29 ~ Iowa ~ 1846

30 ~ Wisconsin ~ 1848

31 ~ California ~ 1850

32 ~ Minnesota ~ 1858

33 ~ Oregon ~ 1859

34 ~ Kansas ~ 1861

35 ~ West Virginia ~ 1863

36 ~ Nevada ~ 1864

37 ~ Nebraska ~ 1867

38 ~ Colorado ~ 1876

39 ~ North Dakota ~ 1889

40 ~ South Dakota ~ 1889

41 ~ Montana ~ 1889

42 ~ Washington ~ 1889

43 ~ Idaho ~ 1890

44 ~ Wyoming ~ 1890

45 ~ Utah ~ 1896

46 ~ Oklahoma ~ 1907

47 ~ New Mexico ~ 1912

48 ~ Arizona ~ 1912

49 ~ Alaska ~ 1959

50 ~ Hawaii ~ 1959

The first truly "American" flag was made before we became the United States of America. This flag known as the Continental Colors or ("Grand Union" flag) was first raised on January 1, 1776 on Prospect Hill in Boston. It has 13 alternating red and white stripes with the British Union Jack (King's Colors) in the upper left corner of the flag. It began as the British Red Ensign used by the British Navy since 1674 when it in 1707 became the flag of the English American Colonies under Queen Anne of England. From 1707 it was known as the Colonial Red Ensign or Queen Anne's Colors. After years of conflict with the British Parliament over taxation and quartering of troops in private homes with no vote in the decisions being made many Colonial residents were concerned about their future. As a first step toward a national identity someone sewed six white stripes on the Colonial Red Ensign making what many call the first American flag - the Grand Union flag.

The first "Stars and Stripes" American flag was made shortly after the Continental Congressional Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777. It was most likely designed by Francis Hopkinson. Who actually stitched this first flag is unknown. But, an upholsterer and seamstress named Betsy Ross of Philadelphia most likely made a number of US flags.

A previous answer by paperpilot:

The flag flown today is patterned, colored and proportioned according to 1912 government specifications, with a white star for each state. The original version had 13 stars - 1 for each of the original colonies.

Blue was a colour of much history, having been used by the old Tory Party in Britain, who arose out of opposition to the oligarchic Whig Party. Blue has been the colour of liberalism and conservatism, but the Tory Party that were touting this blue had sought to strengthen its ties with the Church of England (Non-Catholic Christianity). The earliest North American settlers were seeking a land free of oppression and dictatorial government, but also retained their sentimental and gentlemanly affection towards their British counterparts, thus adopting this highly evocative colour.

The 13 stripes on the American flag represent the first 13 British colonies that settled in America and eventually declared their independence during the American Revolution:

• Virginia
• New York
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Maryland
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
• Delaware
• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia

Read more: What_do_the_red_and_white_stripes_on_a_US_flag_mean

The French flag is the official French pavilion since 1794. It was drawn by Jacques Louis David, famous French painter, but it has its origins in July 1789. Shortly after the fall of the Bastille, the king visited the Paris town hall and was handed a blue and red cocard - the long-time colours of the town - which he put on his hat next to the white cocard (French kingdom emblem at the time), as a gesture towards the people of Paris. It is said that it was an idea of LAFAYETTE and that the newly created cocard became rapidly popular. The 'cocard story' was witnessed by Thomas Jefferson on the 17th of July 1789

(Since the reign of Henri IV, the red and blue could be found in the royal emblems, standing for the Kingdom of "Navarre".)

The blue and red colours in Paris' flag were standing for the patron saints of the town (Saint Denis, Saint Martin). The popular "Garde Nationale", heir of the "Garde française" (regiment meant to protect the King) already had the three colors blue, white and red on their uniforms. Members of the Garde Nationale took part - and even led - in the storming of La Bastille.

The white was associated at the time with the kingdom, or with France, more that with the kings, and indicated the dedication of the kingdom to the Virgin Mary.

The three colors were used in different orders (blue-red-white for the scarf of public officials in 1790, white-red-blue in horizontal bands for the 'Fête de la Fédération' on the 14th of July 1790. In 1790 were also adopted new versions of ship's pavilions, despite some traditionalists arguing that because of the colors, it would resemble too much the Dutch flag.

The flag was adopted officially by the Convention as the national flag only in 1794 (15th of February).