American flag: What is the origin

What is the origin story of the American Flag? And how has the flag evolved over the centuries? Explore answers to these and many other questions about the American flag. Download and use 100,000+ American Flag stock photos for free. Thousands of new images every day Completely Free to Use High-quality videos and images from Pexels Because of the country's emergence as a superpower in the 20th century, the flag is now among the most widely recognized symbols in the world. Well-known nicknames for the flag include "the Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory", "the Star-Spangled Banner ", and "the Red, White, and Blue". As of now, the USA flag comprises 13 horizontal stripes, where seven red stripes and six white stripes are arranged horizontally. The stripes that you find in the American flag symbolize the thirteen colonies and the stars symbolize the fifty Union States.