Image:Flag of the United States.svg

[edit] Summary

Flag of the United States*
country	United States
used by	United States
current since	1777-06-14 (basic design), 1960-07-04 (current 50-star canton came into effect after Hawaii statehood)
created by	Betsy Ross (traditional), Francis Hopkinson, Robert G. Heft (canton)
format	1.0:1.9
shape	rectangular
FIAV	↑
colours	red, white, blue
other characteristics	flag contains 50 stars special formation: none flag has 13 horizontal stripes

The flag of the United States.

• 50 white stars on a blue field, 13 red and white stripes.
• In use since 4 July 1960, when Hawaii was added as the 50th US state.
• Designed by Robert Heft in 1958
• Specifications: United States Executive Order 10834 [1] [2]
• Proportions: 1.9 × 1.0
• Colors: [3]
  • Cable No. 70180 Old Glory Red (PMS 193C)
  • Cable No. 70001 White
  • Cable No. 70075 Old Glory Blue (PMS 281C)
• License: public domain

This image is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship. العربية | Afrikaans | Česky | Dansk | Deutsch | English | Esperanto | Español | Français | हिन्दी | Italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | Nederlands | Norsk (nynorsk) | Polski | Português | Русский | Swedish | Türkçe | 简体中文 | 正體中文 | +/-

[edit] Image notes

• The geometric specifications for the union jack and the sizes and positioning of the stars are given in an attachment to Executive Order 10834 of 21 August 1959, printed in 3 CFR, 1959–1963 Comp., p. 368.
• The current size of the image (version as of 04:42, 5 April 2007), 1235 × 650 pixels, represents an aspect ratio of 1.9:1.0. (These dimensions were chosen to allow as much as possible of the geometric manipulations to be performed using integer quantities without the need for scaling.)

[edit] Image source

SVG source (version of 04:42, 5 April 2007):

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