Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual arrangements of the stars and odd proportions, these features being left to the discretion of the flag maker. In general, however, ...

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 ...

and is the source of the term now applied generically to all American flags. “It represents success, righteousness, sovereignty,” says museum director John Gray, but also a conflict that is ...