Old Glory,Stars and Stripes,Star-Spangled Banner flag- emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, ...
Peruis a country in South America. It's located in the western part of the continent, bordering Ecuador and Colombia to the north andBrazilto the east. Peru's flag features red and white stripes, with abluetriangle on top. The country was one of the first Spanish colonies in South Americ...
1BThe flag of the United States has thirteen stripes. Seven are red; the others are white. The bluebox in the upper left-hand of the flag contains 50 white stars. There is one star for each of thestates.An early flag had thirteen stripes and thirteen stars. The stripes were the same...
Called the "Stars and Stripes," or "Old Glory," the flag is one of the most complicated in the world. No other flag needs 64 pieces of fabric to make. The current flag has 13 red and white alternating(交互的)stripes (representing the original 13 states) and 50 stars (each star ...
The U.S. Navy used the new national flag exclusively as its ensign instead of designing a different one (author's note: John Paul Jones sometimes used ensigns with red, white, and blue stripes in his squadron). On the basis of my research, the flag that Hopkinson designed approximates ...
National flag consisting of white stars (50 since July 4, 1960) on a blue canton with a field of 13 alternating stripes, 7 red and 6 white. The 50 stars stand for the 50 states of the union, and the 13 stripes stand for the original 13 states. The flag’
The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field. §2. Same; additional stars On the admission of a new State into the Union one star shall be added to the union ...
Later, in the colonial and Revolutionary War periods, flags representing famous persons, places, and events were flown in the American Colonies. The first official flag of the United States was created by Congress on June 14, 1777. It consisted of 13 alternate red and white stripes and 13 ...
On that 14th of June, Congress made theFlag Resolution of 1777, stating: “The flag of the United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white on a blue field …” Official announcement of the new flag was not made until Sept. 3,...
pennant- a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering) code flag,nautical signal flag- one of an international code of flag signals used between ships red flag- a flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up" ...