The flag of the United States
(often known as
"Old Glory"
or
"the Stars and Stripes")
contains 13
alternating red and white horizontal stripes
(the top stripe is red), with a blue rectangle
in the canton (known as the "union")
containing 50 small white five-pointed stars.
The flag may also be decorated with a gold fringe,
which although not part of the flag itself, is quite
common, for example in Army parades.
The 13 stripes of the flag honor the original 13 colonies,
and the 50 stars represent the 50 states of the Union.
Over time more stars have been added as more states have
joined the Union, the current design having been adopted
on
July 4th1960
after the accession of
Hawaii as the 50th state.
Many American citizens understand the flag to stand for
US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence
and the freedoms
and liberties of the country in general, as well as past sacrifices in wars
to protect those freedoms.
The symbolism of the flag is understood by different people in different
ways, for example, many people take the red to stand for the blood
of past sacrificies, and white to stand for the purity of the freedom ideal.
U.S. Federal law contains many regulations about the use, display
and disposal of the flag, however there is no penalty for failure
to comply with these regulations because this would conflict
with the 1st Amendment to the United States Constitution.
By custom, the US flag is flown continuously at certain locations
including the
White House
in
Washington D.C.,
and the
Marine Corps War Memorial
in
Rosslyn
near
Arlington National Cemetery
in
Arlington,
Virginia.
Additionally, US flags are also on continuous display on the moon,
having been placed there by the Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15 and 17 space missions
(it is unclear if the Apollo 11 flag was knocked down during the take-off
of the Lunar Excursion Module).
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The flag of the United States
(often known as
"Old Glory"
or
"the Stars and Stripes")
contains 13
alternating red and white horizontal stripes
(the top stripe is red), with a blue rectangle
in the canton (known as the "union")
containing 50 small white five-pointed stars.
The flag may also be decorated with a gold fringe,
which although not part of the flag itself, is quite
common, for example in Army parades.
