Before 1912, there was no official arrangement of the stars in the canton. So any arrangement of stars in earlier flags was valid as long as it had the correct number of stars. Also, the 15-star flag is the only variation to have more than 13 stripes.

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There are 50 shooting stares in the main banner, along with an Eagle bearing 13 stars holding 2 quills beside the US Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Each stripe has each side of the US great seal, the Eagle and the Eye of Providence. Damn that's high effort. Spectacular flag.

3 days ago · 2020 Mini Icon Has the U.S. flag icon in the header of several federal U.S. government websites been replaced by a nine-star version in 2025, or has this icon been added recently? No, that's not true: The icon in the "official website of the United States Government" banner has been like that since at least 2021, and the icon was uploaded in 2020.

3 days ago · A search of website archives confirmed the small, nine-star American flag icon existed prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's second administration.

Nov 12, 2014 · In my opinion, we should go back to the "Betsy Ross" flag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Ross_flag. Many people complain that the US flag has too many stars. That kind of complain actually originates from applying "good flag bad flag" criteria without understanding them.

Jul 4, 2019 · When the US became an independent country (post-war), the congress chose the non-circular star shape for the first official flag.

Jun 1, 2017 · The red signifies valor, the white innocence, and the blue, which binds them together, is vigilance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States#Symbolism

Prompt: Redesign the Flag of the United States of America. This July, in honour of the USA ’s two hundred and forty fifth birthday, the r/Vexillology flag design contest will be doing something we’ve never done before. The prompt for this month’s contest is to design a new flag for the United States of America !

This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States of America, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships.