FLAG

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The United States flag has been modified 26 times. The 48-star version lasted 47 years, until the 49-star version was adopted on July 4, 1959. The mark was beaten by the current 50-star version, adopted on July 4, 1960.

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Known in the country as the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory and the Star-Spangled Banner— it consists of thirteen horizontal stripes of equal size, seven red and six alternating white, and a blue rectangle in the upper left canton sector with fifty white stars. five pointed. The bars represent the original Thirteen Colonies that became independent from the United Kingdom and the stars, the fifty states that make up the Union.

According to the United States House of Representatives book Our flag, "the colors red, white, and blue had no meaning for the Stars and Stripes when it was adopted in 1777." However, about the colors of the Seal of the United States, adopted in 1782, it says that "white symbolizes purity and innocence, blood red and courage, and sky blue, perseverance and justice."

National flag  

Proportion: 10 x 19

At the time of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the United States had no official flag. What is called the American flag never had an official character; it was used during the War of Independence of the United States and served as the basis for the future national flag. That flag is very similar to the flag of the British East India Company (CBIA) and there are those who believe that it was inspired by it. The truth is that the first flag used very similar to that of the CBIA was the Grand Union Flag, also called Continental Colors, Congress Colors, First Navy Ensign or even Cambridge Flag. Such a flag that maintained the version of the Union Jack of its time (that is, a Union Jack with the cross of Saint George bordered in white (symbol of England) on a white Cross of Saint Andrew on a blue background (symbol of Scotland) did not have officer status, although it was the first emblem of the United States Navy before the formal declaration of independence.

Another theory about the origin of the flag is that it was inspired by the coat of arms of George Washington, originally from England.

On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the Flag Resolution, determining that "the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen alternate red and white bars, that the union be thirteen white stars on a blue field, representing a new constellation ." In fact, June 14th marks Flag Day. Some scholars dispute the arrangement of the stars within the blue canton. Thus, Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, attributes the authorship of the flag that bears his name,​ while another design, with the stars in a circle, is attributed to Betsy Ross, who sewed a flag for George Washington;​ however, none have historical rigor.

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HISTORY

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The Great Seal of the United States of America is a document certification sign used in the United States, a country that does not have a proper heraldic shield. The composition features the national motto: E Pluribus Unum , which means "out of many, one" in Latin.

On June 20, 1782, the United States Congress approved the current and only model in force until now.​ which was presented by a commission appointed for its creation chaired by Benjamin Franklin and its elements were devised by Charles Thompson.