What do the strips on the flag of the US mean?

Answer 1

The 13 stripes on the American flag represent the original 13 colonies of America:

1. Delaware
2. Pennsylvania
3. New Jersey
4. Georgia
5. Connecticut
6. Massachusetts
7. Maryland
8. South Carolina
9. New Hampshire
10. Virginia
11. New York
12. North Carolina
13. Rhode Island

The flag held 15 stars and 15 stripes to also represent Vermont and Kentucky, but when they saw that they would have continually add stripes, they decided to just add stars and they lowered the amount of stripes back to 13. The 15 stars and stripes flag was used from May 1, 1795-July 3, 1818 and is the only American flag that features more than 13 stripes.

Answer 2

Each stripe(13 stripes) on the flag stands for an original colony when the U.S. was rulled by The English

Answer 3

it means the 13 colonies like the 13 stripes on the flag

Answer 4

it means nothing but it can mean the strips they were in the war

Answer 5

It stands for the original 13 colonies of the U.S.A.

Answer 6

The strips on the US flag represent the 13 original colonies.

Answer 7

Because there were 13 colonies.

Answer 8

the 13 orignial colonies