Flag of the United States

According to Congress a man name Francis Hopkinson made the first flag in 1776 for the navy. He chose the colors from the British Union Jack and added white stripes to it. Later, the stars replaced the cross on the British flag.

It would depend on the height of the flagpole.

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.

When hung in a window, place the blue union in the upper left, as viewed from the street.

When the flag is displayed on a car, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.

When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.

When the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff.

When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a north and south street.

When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.

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.

"Old Glory" is the name given to the flag of the United States of America. The name was given to the personal US flag of a sea captain named William Driver from Massachusetts in 1831 or 1832.

Arizona and New Mexico were not admitted to the union until 1912, so the flag should show 46 stars. But I've just seen a 1910 photo of some boys and girls sitting in the bleachers, representing the 1910 flag, and I counted just 45 stars. It's a puzzlement!

The American flag consists of thirteen red and white horizontal stripes, and a square patch of blue covering the top left corner. Fifty white stars are arranged in lines within the blue square.

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to show the attacking militia that they were friends of the white - novanet

They are a reminder to us of the 13 original colonies that gained us our liberty: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Deleware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
for the 13 original colonies

It has a red back ground and has a white moon on the left and a smaller white star on the right.

Actually, they don't represent anything. Francis Hopkins the man who made the first flag in 1775 for the navy ( he is recognized by Congress) used the Union Jack for his colors and some design features. A Boy Scout manual in the early 1900's gave them meanings and that has stuck.

The top stripe of the American Flag is red.

There are a lot of answers but it is navy blue.

All 50 states are represented by the 50 stars.

The 13 original states are also represented by the red and white stripes. Those states are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee Texas. One state, under God, one and indivisible.

It's to symbolize that person has served their country. While deployed service members wear a black & white ir flag. Therefore people who have served overseas wear a black & white flag on their right shoulder.

No the first American had 13 stars for the 13 colonies.Then it had 48 before Hawai and Alaska became states.Then it got 50 when they became states.

The red signifies hardiness and valor. The white signifies purity and innocence, and the blue for vigilance, perseverance and justice.

August 21, 1959- Hawaii http://www.usflag.org/history/the50starflag.html

The first flag of the United States of America looks much like it does today with 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue union with white stars. Except in 1777 it had 13 stars in the blue union in the upper left corner of the flag. These 13 stars were arranged in rows of 3-2-3-2-3. If you connected the stars with diagonal and vertical lines they would look like the pattern of the British Union Jack or Kings Colors (Saint Andrews' Cross and Saint George's Cross).