Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen ...

It was the forerunner of today's Coast Guard. Congress authorized the service to fly a flag of 16 vertical red and white stripes. Sixteen stripes because there were 16 states at the time.

Honoring the American Flag on Flag Day today, June 14, we commemorate the adoption of the United States flag, a symbol of ...

The banner, with its horizontal red, black and green stripes ... flag would recognize that this is a manifestation of black aspirations, black resistance to oppression." Some years earlier, white ...

In accordance with the U.S. Flag Code, the black and white flag with the ... of the United States shall be 13 horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be ...

The progress pride flag includes black, brown, blue, pink and white ... black stripe also represents those lost during the AIDS crisis as seen in the Victory Over AIDS flag. The red also has ...

The flag, made up of 50 stars and 13 stripes since 1960, has been flown on battlefields, Olympic podiums and even on the moon. Its bold red, white and blue color scheme has become synonymous with ...

The German flag's distinctive black, red and gold stripes date back to the 19th century ... to have ordered the creation of a new black, white and red tricolour as the flag of the navy and ...