A Quick History of the US Flag

In school, we all study the history of the United States, but the US Flag can become subsumed by battles, important historic figures and other events. The history of our flag is important though, and has many twists and turns as the Congress and US government sought to find a way to create a proud symbol for our country with strength and aesthetic beauty. Now the American Flag, or the Stars and Stripes or Old Glory, stands proud across the United States of America, made up of 13 horizontal red and white stripes and a union of blue, proudly bearing 50 white stars placed in symmetry. The 50 stars represent the 50 states of our Union while the 13 stripes represent the 13 origin View the rest of this article