There are 13 stripes on a standard American flag, alternating between red and white. The flag also has 50 stars, which are white and set against a blue background in the upper left corner.

WASHINGTON — One of the capital’s newest curiosities is an American flag bearing 51 stars ... Lambert decided to add a green star to a white stripe on the US flag rather than put an extra ...

WASHINGTON — One of the capital’s newest curiosities is an American flag bearing 51 stars rather than the regulation 50. The unusual take on the Stars and Stripes went up across Lafayette Park ...

However, there was a brief period in which the American flag bore 15 stripes. The Smithsonian reports that the Act of January 13, 1794, allowed for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795. More in U.S.

PHILADELPHIA — In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 ...

For the first time, our nation's American flag was flown in battle, on this day in history, Sept. 3, 1777, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Delaware. Here's the background.

Congress passed its first flag act on June 14, 1777: “Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars ...