The beauty that an American ... A new star is added to the flag on the 4th of July after a new state becomes officially recognized. Why are there 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes on the flag?

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 ...

Every country has a flag to represent it. In the United States, Old Glory's familiar red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes .