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How many stars and stripes are on the US flag and why?

On July 14, 1777, the second Continental Congress in Philadelphia passed a resolution according to which the US national flag was to have 13 stripes, alternately red and white, and 13 white stars on a blue field, which personify a new constellation - the union of 13 former English colonies united in struggle for independence from Britain. The number of stripes (7 red and 6 white) has remained unchanged since then, and the number of stars has increased with the increase in the number of states in the United States.

The modern American flag with 50 stars was first raised in July 1960 in connection with the new state of Hawaii. A year earlier, the 49th star appeared on the flag when Alaska became a state.

Before that, the last time the number of stars changed was in 1912, when New Mexico and Arizona became states.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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