The American flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes of red and white, representing the original thirteen colonies that declared independence from Britain. In the top left corner is a blue ...

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 the Smithsonian ... the Smithsonian's ...

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 ...

There's nothing quite like the vibrancy of that red, white, and blue color palette waving ... do you know how many stars and ...

Neat rows of white stars on a blue background. Thirteen horizontal red and white stripes for Virginia and the other original colonies. Tattered and worn, about 1,000 American flags were brought to ...