The act read: “Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new ...

The two blue stripes represent sovereignty ... 8, 1948. The Australian flag features a Union Flag in the upper left corner, which signifies its colonization by the British. Just under the Union ...

1. Flag; stripes and stars on 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.

the Philadelphia Congress resolved that “. . . the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new ...

Red, white, and blue flags studded with 50 stars and 13 stripes fly all over the United ... 24 stars on account of Missouri joining the union in 1821. The 29th state of the union, Iowa, joined ...

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Union Jacks can be seen flying high across ... after emergency declared on board If you look at the white stripes on the flag closest to the flag pole, the wider stripes should sit on top of ...