Attributed to George Washington was that it takes the stars from the heavens, and the red from our mother country, separated by white stripes, and the white stripes would mean liberty.
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The original flag of Colonial America was the British Red Ensign: A red flag with the King's Colors in the upper left corner of the flag. At one point, someone sewed six white stripes on this flag which turned the red field into a field of 13 red and white alternating stripes. This was done to represent the 13 Colonies of British America. This altered flag was called the Continental Colors or the Grand Union Flag.
AnswerThe 13 stripes in the American flag represent the original 13 colonies . The 50 stars represent the States and a new constellation, a new nation dedicated to the personal and religious liberty of mankind.Red stripes proclaim the fearless courage and integrity of American men and boys and the self-sacrifice and devotion of American mothers and daughters. White stripes stand for liberty and equality for all. blue is the blue of heaven, loyalty, and faith.
The 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies that formed the US.
The original act of Congress said that the flag of the thirteen United States would have thirteen stripes, alternated with red and white, and the union would be thirteen stars, white in a field of blue, representing a new constellation. The stripes represented the 13 states of the Union.
Attributed to George Washington was that it takes the stars from the heavens, and the red from our mother country, separated by white stripes, and the white stripes would mean liberty.
As new states were added, a stripe and star was added for each state, But when the flag reached 15 stars and stripes, it was reverted so that the stripes remain at 13 to honor the first 13 colonies and a star is added for each state.
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There are actually 13 stripes, seven red and six white. Each stripes represent the original thirteen colonies that rebelled against the British Crown and became the first states in the Union.
American Flag Meaning:
The 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies of the US: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia. The 50 stars represent the individual states that make up the nation. Popular history states the red of the flag represents valor, white stands for liberty or purity and blue represents justice, loyalty and perseverance. These meanings are unofficial though.
The Stars represent all the states
The 7 red stripes, together with the 6 white stripes, on the US Flag stand for the 13 British North American colonies that initially formed the Union. There is no special meaning for the red, as opposed to the white, stripes.
The thirteen stripes represent the original thirteen states that formed the USA at the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
the stripes stand for the first thirteen colonies.
There are 13 stripes to honor the original 13 colonies.
our 13 conlies
The thirteen original colonies
they are there because they represent the 13 colonies.
It is the stripes on the flag that represent the 13 original colonies
There are 50 stars and 13 stripes on the U.S. flag. The 13 alternating red and white stripes represent the original 13 colonies, and the are 50 white stars on a blue background represent the 50 modern states.
The 13 stripes on the United States flag stand for the original 13 colonies of the U.S.
The 13 stripes represent the thirteen original colonies and the 50 stars represent the 50 states which are now part of the United States.
The thirteen stripes on the US Flag represent the original 13 colonies of the Unites States
The thirteen stripes, red and white, represent the thirteen original colonies.
The thirteen stripes on the US Flag represent the original thirteen colonies.
The red and white stripes on the flag represent the original 14 colonies
The US flag has 13 stripes to represent the original 13 colonies.
There aren't fourteen stripes on it (well maybe if its made in china there is). There are 13 stripes on the US flag, each to represent one of the 13 original colonies.
they are there because they represent the 13 colonies.
It is the stripes on the flag that represent the 13 original colonies
there is 13 stripes on the American flag to represent the original 13 colonies.
It is the stripes on the flag that represent the 13 original colonies
The original 13 colonies of the US
The stripes represent the original 13 colonies.