The meaning of the American flag

The American flag consists of 13 red and white stripes, and there is a blue rectangle with 50 white five-pointed stars in the upper left corner. The 50 stars represent the 50 states in the United States, and the 13 stripe symbolizes the 13 colonies when the United States was just founded.

Washington D.C. belongs to the capital. This red symbolizes courage, white symbolizes truth and blue symbolizes justice. This flag is commonly known as the "Stars and Stripes", and its official name is the "American flag". It has been revised 28 times since it officially became the American flag. The national flag is a symbol of all the freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. Most of the time, it is a symbol of personal freedom.

Extended data

The American flag is rectangular with an aspect ratio of 19: 10. It is a star-spangled banner, and the upper left corner of the national flag is a blue star zone. The number of stars in the region is stipulated by the relevant departments, and the number of States in the United States is the number of stars on the national flag. Outside the star region is the red and white stripe of 13, and the stripe of 13 represents the original 13 colony in North America.

According to Washington, the red stripe symbolizes Britain and the white stripe symbolizes freedom from Britain. More generally, red symbolizes strength and courage, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue symbolizes vigilance, perseverance and justice. 18 18 The U.S. Congress passed a bill, and the red, white and wide stripes on the national flag were fixed at 13, and the number of five-pointed stars should be consistent with the number of states in the United States. Every time a state is added, a star is added to the national flag, which is generally implemented on July 4 of the second year after the accession of New South Wales.

So far, the national flag has increased to 50 stars, representing 50 States in the United States. Washington, D.C. does not belong to any state. June 14 is "American flag day" every year. On this day, commemorative activities will be held all over the United States to show respect for the national flag and love for the United States.

Size:

The national flag standard is based on United States Code Catalogue 4, Chapters 1 and 2: details are as follows.

Width of national flag: A= 1.0

Length of national flag: B= 1.9

Width of federal scope: c = 0.5385(7/ 13, width of 7 stripes).

Federal scope: the length of D = 0.76( 1.9×2/5, which is five times the length of the national flag).

E = F = 0.0538(C/ 10, one tenth of the width of the federal range) G = H = 0.0633(D/ 12, one twelfth of the length of the federal range) star diameter: K=0.06 16 stripe width: l =

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-American Flag