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What are the height and width requirements for the US flag?

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US Flag Size Requirements

According to U.S. Code, the laws of the United States, Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 1: � 1. Flag; stripes and stars on Release date: 2005-05-17: The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field.

I found no size requirements for the flag, though there are several laws governing its display. The requirement about the number of stars and stripes is the closest thing I found to the physical make-up of the flag.

Navy's rules for size of the Ensign

50* white stars in a blue field

13 Horizontal Red Stripes 13 Horizontal White Stripes horizontally one inch for every foot of length of the ship at a proportion of 10:19 my last command's ensign was 5 feet high:9.5 foot fly

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