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 ...

immortalized as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The flag itself, enshrined since 2008 in a special chamber at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History following a $7 million ...