What does the strips on the american flag mean?

Answer 1

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Each one represents one of the original 13 colonies

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Answer 2

I've heard that they represent the thirteen original colonies... but it's been a LONG time since I've studies US History! Good Luck!

Answer 3

The original 13 colonies

Answer 4

The thirteen original colonies.

Answer 5

the 13 colonies

Answer 6

"the stripe is symbolic of the rays of light emanating from the sun"

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http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/fla…

Answer 7

The stripes, not strips, stand for the 13 original colonies.
While the stars may change, the number of stripes do not.

Answer 8

the stars stand for the states and the stripes represent the orginal colonies of britan

Answer 9

represenative of the original thirteen colonies

Answer 10

It means that wearing the flag horizontally would make you look fat....lol, sorry the real answer has to do with representing the 13 colonies.

Answer 11

The stripes on the flag (13 in all) represent the original 13 colonies of the United States of America.

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knowledge and www.flag-of-flags.com/

Answer 12

The thirteen original colonies which were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Answer 13

on june 14, 1777 congress passed an act stating, that the flag of the thirteen united states be thirteen stripes,alternate red and white, that the union be thirteen stars,white in a blue field,representing a new constellation. stars were added as they became states of the union