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The national flag of the United States on "American flag" consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red top and bottom, alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton is specifically mentioned as "union" with fifty small, white, five-pointed starsarranged nine offset horizontal rows of six stars top and bottom, alternating with rows of five stars.



The fifty stars on the flag represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes represent originalthirteen colonies revolted against the British monarchy and became the first states in the union. The exact white, red and blue colors to be used in the flag is set with reference to CAUSSE Standard Color Reference of America, 10 edition.

The flag is normally flown year round on most public buildings, and it is not uncommon to find private houses flying full-size flags.United States Flag Code outlines certain guidelines for use, display, and disposal of the flag. For example, the flag never dipped to any person or thing, unless it is banned responding to a salute from a boat in a foreign country.