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The Flag Today

The flag of the United States of America has 13 horizontal stripes--7 red and 6 white--the red and white stripes alternating and a union which consists of white stars of 5 points on a blue field placed in the upper quarter next to the staff and extending to the lower edge of the fourth red stripe from the top. The number of stars equals the number of States in the Union. The proportions o the flag as prescribed by Executive Order of President Eisenhower on August 21, 1959, are as follows:

 

Hoist (width) of flag..................1.0 Fly (length) of flag.....................1.9 Hoist (width) of union...............0.5385 Fly (length) of union..................0.76 Width of each stripe.................0.0769 Diameter of each star..............0.0616

FLAG ANATOMY


Source: Federal Citizen Information Center

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