2006-07-25 11:57:57 · 14 answers · asked by unit_804 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Each one represents one of the original 13 colonies
2006-07-25 12:03:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
The stripes on the flag (13 in all) represent the original 13 colonies of the United States of America.
2006-07-25 12:03:19 · answer #2 · answered by Amber I 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original 13 colonies
2006-07-25 12:01:17 · answer #3 · answered by Tommy L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thirteen original colonies which were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
2006-07-25 12:03:39 · answer #4 · answered by Bodie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stripes, not strips, stand for the 13 original colonies.
While the stars may change, the number of stripes do not.
2006-07-25 12:01:30 · answer #5 · answered by Jenny H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that wearing the flag horizontally would make you look fat....lol, sorry the real answer has to do with representing the 13 colonies.
2006-07-25 12:01:57 · answer #6 · answered by Flyleaf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on june 14, 1777 congress passed an act stating, 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. stars were added as they became states of the union
2006-07-25 14:37:51 · answer #7 · answered by Bighorn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 13 colonies
2006-07-25 12:01:27 · answer #8 · answered by hpkonig 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that they represent the thirteen original colonies... but it's been a LONG time since I've studies US History! Good Luck!
2006-07-25 12:01:13 · answer #9 · answered by Owen's Mom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thirteen original colonies.
2006-07-25 12:01:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋