June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

The flag of Cuba consists of five horizontal stripes — three blue and two white — along with a red equilateral triangle on the left side. The blue stripes represent the three military ...

There are 13 stripes on most American flags you'll see in public! These stripes switch between red and white on every other line, stacked on top of each other in a horizontal pattern. The number ...

The red-and-white striped flag may best capture the aggressive mood of Hungarian politics today. With roots tracing back more than 800 years to a medieval dynasty, the flag was expropriated by the ...

A lesbian pride flag was designed in 2010 featuring a red lip mark in the corner ... the traditional color for baby boys, two pink stripes representing the traditional color for baby girls, and a ...

Some interpret the red, white and blue stripes as the highways that will take the scattered Assyrians back to their ancestral homeland. Above the blue star is the image of the Assyrian god Assur, who ...