US Flag

Fifty flags - one for each state - are flown continuously at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C.

The flag of the United States has been flown six times on the Moon.

The present flag of the United States is the 27th variant of the original flag.

A new star, which represent state, is always added on the 4th of July - the US Independence Day.

The first Flag Resolution was issued on June 14, 1777.

The present flag was designed in 1958 by Robert G. Heft, a 17-year-old high school student from Ohio. His flag was picked up by President Dwight Eisenhower amongst 1,500+ submissions.

The first flag of the United States with stars and stripes had 13 of stars and the same number of stripes representing the number of colonies that came together to form the nation. The flag was supposedly made by Betsy Ross, a seamstress from Philadelphia.

It is widely believed that the first flag of the United States with the stars and stripes was designed by Betsy Ross, a seamstress from Philadelphia.

The flag of the United States was adopted on 14th June 1777. The date is celebrated as Flag Day in the United States.

The first flag of the United States is known as the Grand Union. It was modelled after the flag of the British East India Company which had 13 stripes of red and white and the British flag at the canton.

The name "Old Glory" was given by William Driver who took the flag around the world in 1831.

The red and blue colors of the US flag are known as Old Glory Red and Old Glory Blue.