American flag, the official national flag of the United
States.It consists of 13 horizontal stripes, 7 red alternating with 6 white, and in the upper corner near the staff, a rectangular blue field, or canton, containing 50 five-pointed white stars.
The stripes symbolize the 13 colonies that originally constituted the United States of America.
The stars represent the 50 states of the Union.
Because of its stars, stripes, and colors, the American flag is frequently called the Star-Spangled Banner, the Stars and Stripes, or the Red, White, and Blue.