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The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
The current "Stars and Stripes" design was first adopted when the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
However, the Bennington Flag contains 13 stars and 13 stripes (to represent the colonies). The stars form an arch inside of a blue square at the top left corner of the flag, with the number "76 ...
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Canadians Scott and Lori Earle came from Alberta with a specially made flag depicting both the stars-and-stripes and a maple leaf. “This is the 51st state flag,” said Scott. Sure, this weather ...
And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars. The ambition is the life blood of a great nation, and right ...