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The flag of United States consists of thirteen horizontal red and white stripes and 50 stars in a blue rectangle. The flag was adopted on July 4, 1960.
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Design
The flag of United States of America comprises 13 horizontal stripes covering most of the area. These are alternately in red and white color. At the top-left is a blue rectangle, which has 50 five-pointed stars in white color.

The stars are themselves arranged in rows of alternating five and six stars. The flag uses a proportion of 10:19; however, this is not strictly followed except for in government use.

Symbolism
The thirteen stripes used in the US flag represent the original thirteen colonies of North America, which were controlled by the British Empire. In 1776, these colonies protested for their independence, and later came together to create United States of America.

The fifty stars in the rectangle represent the current 50 states, which together form the present-day United States of America.

History
The earliest of flags was adopted by the Continental Congress, and remained in use until 1977. Interestingly, it didn't have any stars, but rather closely resembled the flag of British East India Company. In 1977, the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress resolved the basic design of the flag to be composed of 13 stripes and 13 stars. This happened on June 4, which is when Flag Day is celebrated.


The flag design went through many more iterations, taking on the most surprising of designs, until the present-day form was adopted on July 4, 1960.

Adopted on July 4, 1960
Name The Star Spangled Banner
Proportion 10:19
Colors used Red, White, and Blue

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