The United States flag stands for the land, the people, the government and the ideals of the United States of America, no matter when or where it is displayed. The name Stars and Stripes has become the most popular name for the United States flag. Altogether, the Stars and Stripes has been through 27 versions.
Nobody really knows who designed the flag or made the first version.
Soon after it was adopted, Congressman Francis Hopkinson claimed that he had designed it. No official records confirm this contention. It is a fact, however, that Betsy Ross was a Philadelphia seamstress who made flags during the Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress left no official record to show why it chose the colors red, white and blue for the flag. The 13 stripes in the flag represent the original 13 colonies.