The National Flag of the United States, also known as The Star-Spangled Banner is the official state symbol of the United States. It is a rectangular panel with seven red and six white horizontal stripes alternating. In the canton of dark blue - 50 five-pointed stars in white. 13 bands - 13 colonies, which formed an independent state. With the formation of the state, the colony became known as the States, and the number 13 was the common signs of all kinds of printing on bank notes or coins in t