06/14/2024
HappyFlag Day!!!! Here are just a couple facts about our American Flag.
There are 13 horizontal red and white stripes and a blue rectangle with 50 white stars on the Flag. Fifty stars represent all states in the United States, and the 13 stripes symbolize the first 13 colonies of the Union.
Some people call the Flag ‘Old Glory,’ the name coined by a shipmaster William Driver in 1831 who got the flag from his friends.
When red, white, and blue colors appeared on The Stars and Stripes in 1777, they had no meanings.
The Star on the Flag symbolizes the heavens and the spiritual purpose of humankind whereas the stripe is a symbol of the illuminating sunbeams.
A gold fringe on the Flag is not an obligatory adornment but an optional enrichment on the outdoor flags during flag holidays.
To signal an adversity, one should fly the Flag upside down.
The Flag should not touch the ground or other objects when it is lowered. That’s why those who receive it open their arms and hands.
