FLAG
The official banner of a state or nation, often decorated with emblems or images that symbolize that state or nation.
On the U.S. flag, 13 horizontal stripes (in red
and white) represent the original 13 colonies.
The union is represented by 50 white stars, for
the 50 states, arrayed on a field of blue. The U.S.
flag is sometimes called the Stars and Stripes,
Old Glory, or the Red,White, and Blue.
Titles 4 and 36 of the U.S. Code govern
when, where, and how a flag may be displayed;
how a flag may be used; and the proper means of
disposing of a worn or soiled flag.
The Stars and Stripes became a popular and
revered symbol of the United States during and
after the Civil War. The Union’s victory over the
Confederacy and the return to a united country
engendered patriotic fervor that was embodied
in this symbol. When large numbers of immi-
grants entered the United States during the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the flag
