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  1. Sep 8, 2017 · Learn about The United States Flag with a Level Reading book for pre-kindergarten with simple fun facts about the stripe and stars.☀Fid more FREE books at ht...

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  2. Jul 25, 2023 · Learn about the American flag.We hope you are enjoying our large selection of engaging core & elective K-12 learning videos. New videos are added all the tim...

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    • Interesting Facts About The Flag of The United States
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    13 horizontal(meaning from side to side, not top to bottom) red and white stripes, representing the original 13 states.
    50 white stars on a blue rectangle in the top-left (the canton), representing the current 50 U.S. states.

    The flag is normally flown year-round at most public buildings, and many private homes fly full-size (3 by 5 feet (0.91 by 1.52 m)) flags. Some citizens fly a flag in front of their homes year-round, but more people fly flags on civic holidays like Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Presidents' Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day. On Memorial Day, it is c...

    The flag has been changed 26 times since the new, 13-state union adopted it. The 48-star version went unchanged for 47 years until the 50-star version became official on July 4, 1960 (the first July 4 following Hawaii's admission to the union on August 21, 1959). The 47-year-record of the 48-star version was the longest time the flag went unchanged...

    The flag has been changed twenty-seven times: each time a new state was added to the United States.
    The current flag was designed by a seventeen-year-old high school student, Robert G. Heft. President Dwight D. Eisenhowerchose the Ohio student’s design from 1,500 entries.
    A vexillologistis a person who studies flags.
    The flag is only to be displayed from sunrise to sunset unless it is "properly Illuminated" in the dark.
    Oil painting depicting the 39 historical U.S. flags
    Our Banner in the Sky (1861) by Frederic Edwin Church
    25-star linear pattern
    25-star staggered pattern
    • Most historians believe New Jersey Congressman Francis Hopkinson designed the first American flag. Among most historians, it’s believed that New Jersey Congressman Francis Hopkinson designed the first American flag and that it was later sewn by Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross.
    • The original American flag’s owner called it “Old Glory.” Back in the 1800s, Captain William Driver started a trend when he shouted “Old Glory!” as his flag opened for the first time.
    • There are 50 stars and 13 stripes on the American flag. The stars represent the 50 states and the stripes represent the 13 original colonies.
    • The American flag inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Poet Francis Scott Key was so inspired after seeing the American flag flying over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry that he wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” on September 14, 1814.
  3. The national flag of the United States of America is a patriotic symbol for Americans all over the world. Every school day millions of American schoolchildren recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. The flag even inspired the U.S. national anthem . Francis Scott Key wrote the words when he saw the flag flying over a fort that had survived ...

  4. May 13, 2023 · 10. The Flag in Times of Mourning. The flag is flown at half-mast as a sign of respect or mourning. When flown at half-mast, the flag should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-mast position. The flag should also be raised to the peak again before it is lowered for the day.

  5. 4 days ago · the facts: The clip shows Montel with Harris and his daughter, Ashley Williams. Harris and Williams, a former marine who hosted “The Montel Williams Show” for more than a decade, dated briefly ...