There are 13 stripes on most American flags you'll see in public! These stripes switch between red and white on every other line, stacked on top of each other in a horizontal pattern. The number ...

How much do you really know about the American flag? Test your knowledge ... feature 13 white stars on a blue field and 13 alternating red and white stripes, chosen to represent the 13 original ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across ... at the Smithsonian's National Museum of ...