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The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
You can quickly navigate to the desired color combination by opening the "Table of Contents" menu (to the left of the title) and clicking on the first color in the list that is present in the flag. Colors white and gold, related to the two metals of European heraldry (argent and or) are sorted first.
A flag composed of alternating black and white strips, with a design similar to the rainbow LGBTQ pride flag, was created to represent straight pride. [1] Several variations of this flag exist. One uses white, grey and black colors, mimicking the rainbow flag and originating in the early 2000s.
Each color, pattern, and design has its own specific meaning: for instance, the Philly Pride flag has two extra stripes, one black and one brown, to highlight people of color in the LGBTQ+ community.
The flag we fly today is not how it appeared two centuries ago. The original flag, created in 1776, was designed with 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the 13 American colonies.
The flag is also a symbol of exploration. It was planted on the moon during the first landing by Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969. The flag even has its own day -- each year Americans celebrate flag ...
Kye Rowan created the pride flag for non-binary people in February 2014 to represent people with genders beyond the male/female binary. [5]The flag was not intended to replace the genderqueer flag, which was created by Marilyn Roxie in 2011, but to be flown alongside it, and many believe it was intended to represent people who did not feel adequately represented by the genderqueer flag.
However, the Bennington Flag contains 13 stars and 13 stripes (to represent the colonies). The stars form an arch inside of a blue square at the top left corner of the flag, with the number "76 ...