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What did Congress establish about the U.S. flag in 1777?

It established thirteen stripes and thirteen stars.

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  1. Fifty stripes and thirteen stars
  2. Thirteen stripes and fifty stars
  3. Thirteen stripes and thirteen stars ✔

Why: The 1777 resolution described thirteen alternating red and white stripes and thirteen white stars on blue. The design represented the new nation.

Huh, didn't know that: June 14 is observed as Flag Day because Congress acted on June 14, 1777.

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Why did the flag study astronomy? It wanted to know its stars.
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Answer: Thirteen stripes and thirteen stars. The 1777 resolution described thirteen alternating red and white stripes and thirteen white stars on blue. The design represented the new nation.

  1. Learn to Lead Volume 1, Civil Air Patrol www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Vol1LetterLowFinal_FDCFE2AA96703.pdf
    Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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