The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags ...

On a standard American flag, there are 50 stars—white in ... However, the Bennington Flag contains 13 stars and 13 stripes (to represent the colonies). The stars form an arch inside of a blue ...

In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following: ...

It was, of course, the huge American ... with 15 stars stretching 26 inches across and two-foot stripes — 15 of them, since the number of stripes didn't revert to the original 13 until 1818.

50 stars, 13 stripes, an enduring symbol of freedom. On the third Saturday of every month, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2391 in St Augustine retires American flags; nearly 1,000 of them ...