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STARS AND STRIPES - National flag of the United States of America.
On June 14, 1777 the U.S. Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes pattern for the national flag. This act followed the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) .
The U.S. Flag has ,thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, each stripe representing one of the 13 original colonies of England, and 50 stars, one for each state of the Union. The last star added was for the State of Hawaii, 1960. The U.S. flag is frequently called "Old Glory", and "Stars and Stripes".