The first North Carolina state flag in history was heavily inspired by the first Confederate States of America flag. This flag didn't have the blue X-shape of ... has 50 stars in a blue square ...

Many patterns, like the 50-star flag, have both. There is also the issue of whether a pattern fits neatly into a squarish shape. While 51 stars would technically arrange into three rows of 17 ...

Team USA uses a 13-star flag because ... a legal U.S. flag, one that is simply easier to use in small form than one with 50 stars. Read next BI Tech Memo An icon in the shape of an angle pointing ...