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{{Page icon|Flag of the United States.png}} {{Infobox flag |name=United States |article=the |image=Flag of the United States.svg |adoption=14 June 1777 (last modified in 1960) |designer={{w|Robert G. Heft}} (50-star version) |Wikipedia = Flag_of_the_United_States|FotW = us}} {{wikipedia|Flag of the United States}} The national flag of the United States of America consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the {{w|Canton (flag)|canton}} (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, {{w|five-pointed star}}s arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. There are 7 stripes that are shorter due to the canton, and there are 6 that stretch the full length of the flag. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 {{w|U.S. state|states of the United States of America}} and the 13 stripes represent the {{w|Thirteen Colonies|thirteen British colonies}} that declared independence from the {{w|Kingdom of Great Britain}} and became the first states in the Union. Nicknames for the flag include the "Stars and Stripes", "{{w|Old Glory}}", and "{{w|The Star-Spangled Banner}}". ==Flag proposals== {{main|Proposed flags of United States}} ==Subdivisions== ===States and federal district=== {|style="background-color:#eeeeee;" |style="vertical-align:top;padding:10px;"| *{{icon|Flag of Washington, D.C..svg}} [[District of Columbia]] *{{icon|Flag of Alabama.svg}} [[Alabama]] *{{icon|Flag of Alaska.svg}} [[Alaska]] *{{icon|Flag of Arizona.svg}} [[Arizona]] *{{icon|Flag of Arkansas.svg}} [[Arkansas]] *{{icon|Flag of California.svg}} [[California]] *{{icon|Flag of Colorado.svg}} [[Colorado]] *{{icon|Flag of Connecticut.svg}} [[Connecticut]] *{{icon|Flag of Delaware.svg}} [[Delaware]] *{{icon|Flag of Florida.svg}} [[Florida]] *{{icon|Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg}} [[Georgia (USA state)|Georgia]] *{{icon|Flag of Hawaii.svg}} [[Hawaii]] *{{icon|Flag of Idaho.svg}} [[Idaho]] *{{icon|Flag of Illinois.svg}} [[Illinois]] *{{icon|Flag of Indiana.svg}} [[Indiana]] *{{icon|Flag of Iowa.svg}} [[Iowa]] *{{icon|Flag of Kansas.svg}} [[Kansas]] |style="vertical-align:top;padding:10px;"| *{{icon|Flag of Kentucky.svg}} [[Kentucky]] *{{icon|Flag of Louisiana.svg}} [[Louisiana]] *{{icon|Flag of Maine.svg}} [[Maine]] *{{icon|Flag of Maryland.svg}} [[Maryland]] *{{icon|Flag of Massachusetts.svg}} [[Massachusetts]] *{{icon|Flag of Michigan.svg}} [[Michigan]] *{{icon|Flag of Minnesota.svg}} [[Minnesota]] *{{icon|Flag of Mississippi.svg}} [[Mississippi]] *{{icon|Flag of Missouri.svg}} [[Missouri]] *{{icon|Flag of Montana.svg}} [[Montana]] *{{icon|Flag of Nebraska.svg}} [[Nebraska]] *{{icon|Flag of Nevada.svg}} [[Nevada]] *{{icon|Flag of New Hampshire.svg}} [[New Hampshire]] *{{icon|Flag of New Jersey.svg}} [[New Jersey]] *{{icon|Flag of New Mexico.svg}} [[New Mexico]] *{{icon|Flag of New York.svg}} [[New York]] *{{icon|Flag of North Carolina.svg}} [[North Carolina]] |style="vertical-align:top;padding:10px;"| *{{icon|Flag of North Dakota.svg}} [[North Dakota]] *{{icon|Flag of Ohio.svg|border=}} [[Ohio]] *{{icon|Flag of Oklahoma.svg}} [[Oklahoma]] *{{icon|Flag of Oregon -obverse-.svg}} [[Oregon]] *{{icon|Flag of Pennsylvania.svg}} [[Pennsylvania]] *{{icon|Flag of Rhode Island.svg}} [[Rhode Island]] *{{icon|Flag of South Carolina.svg}} [[South Carolina]] *{{icon|Flag of South Dakota.svg}} [[South Dakota]] *{{icon|Flag of Tennessee.svg}} [[Tennessee]] *{{icon|Flag of Texas.svg}} [[Texas]] *{{icon|Flag of Utah.svg}} [[Utah]] *{{icon|Flag of Vermont.svg}} [[Vermont]] *{{icon|Flag of Virginia.svg}} [[Virginia]] *{{icon|Flag of Washington.svg}} [[Washington]] *{{icon|Flag of West Virginia.svg}} [[West Virginia]] *{{icon|Flag of Wisconsin.svg}} [[Wisconsin]] *{{icon|Flag of Wyoming.svg}} [[Wyoming]] |} ===Territories of the United States === {|style="background-color:#eeeeee;" |style="vertical-align:top;padding:10px;"| *{{icon|Flag of American Samoa.svg}} [[American Samoa]] *{{icon|Flag of Guam.svg}} [[Guam]] *{{icon|Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg}} [[Northern Mariana Islands]] *{{icon|Flag of Puerto Rico.svg}} [[Puerto Rico]] *{{icon|Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg}} [[United States Virgin Islands]] *{{icon|Flag of the United States.svg}} [[United States Minor Outlying Islands]] |} == See also == *{{icon|Flag of Cascadia.svg}} [[Cascadia]] {{United States}} [[Category:Countries]] [[Category:United States]] [[Category:United countries]] [[Category:North America]]
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