On your flag, what do the red and white stripes represent?? I know what the stars mean, but I wanna know what the stripes mean!!
2006-08-10 04:39:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
the red stripes signify the blood lost for the freedom of the country
and the white stripes stand for liberty
and the amount, 13 stripes are for the original colonies.
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2006-08-10 04:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by friskygimp 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Legend has it that Betsy Ross, a seamstress, was asked by George Washington to sew the first American flag in 1777. The first flag had 13 white stars in a circle as well as 13 stripes to represent the first 13 colonies.
The flag of 1795 added two stars and two stripes after Vermont and Kentucky joined the Union. Later, as more and more states entered the Union, Congress decided that the number of stripes would remain at 13, and a new star should be added for each new state.
In 1912, Arizona and New Mexico became states, and the total number of stars changed to 48.
The flag we use today was created in 1959 after Alaska and Hawaii had become states
2006-08-10 11:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by cadillac grills cadillac spills! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The red and white stripes represent the 13 colonies. Red historically represents the British, while the white "cutting through" the red, represents a political defiance against Great Britain.
2006-08-10 11:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by tharedhead ((debajo del ombú)) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sentimental writers and orators sometimes ascribe meanings to the colors in the flag. The practice is erroneous, as are statements on this subject attributed to George Washington and other founders of the country.
White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice.
The star is a symbol of the heavens and the divine goal to which man has aspired from time immemorial; the stripe is symbolic of the rays of light emanating from the sun.
2006-08-10 11:51:45 · answer #4 · answered by hullo? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stripes represent the original 13 states or colonies, the red signifies blood of patriots and the white is for peace
2006-08-10 11:47:19 · answer #5 · answered by erik c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 stripes for the 13 original colonies, I am not American but somebody told me before
2006-08-10 11:43:00 · answer #6 · answered by naddel 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
13 stripes - one for each of the original 13 colonies...
2006-08-10 11:42:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
White represents purity and red represents the shed blood.
2006-08-10 11:46:24 · answer #8 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 stripes. one for each original colony
2006-08-10 11:44:13 · answer #9 · answered by James Harrison 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Red is for all the blood that has been shed for our freedom and white is for justice and purity in government. Blue is for honor.
2006-08-10 11:44:31 · answer #10 · answered by curiosity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋