2007-07-07 14:46:17 · 15 answers · asked by bituin31 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The stripes on the U.S. flag:
The red and white stripes represent each of the original 13 colonies. The first "Stars and Stripes" had 13 stars and 13 stripes. The U.S. Congress declared on June 14, 1777: "The flag of the United States will be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white [and] . . . the union [canton] be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."
2007-07-07 16:32:32 · answer #1 · answered by g p 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
13
2007-07-07 16:06:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
13
2007-07-08 11:55:28 · answer #3 · answered by Heidi T 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
13---there are 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes. Considered to stand for the 13 original colonies.
2007-07-07 16:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by jan51601 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
13 stripes, 7 red and 6 white, each representing the original 13 colonies of the United States.
2007-07-07 15:27:08 · answer #5 · answered by Redeemer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
13 stripes alternating red and white. The white stripe represents the snow at Valley Forge and red for the blood shed during the Revolutionary War.
2007-07-07 17:48:23 · answer #6 · answered by ENDURAMAN 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 4
CHAPTER 1 - THE FLAG
§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.
2007-07-07 17:48:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
13 representing the original 13 colonies.
2007-07-07 15:28:59 · answer #8 · answered by blueyeznj 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
13 for the colonies
2007-07-07 16:04:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I m going with the crowd and say 13
2007-07-08 04:02:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋