U.S. flag

Old Glory's pattern

The U.S. flag is the national flag of the United States, featuring thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white and a blue canton with fifty white stars representing the current states.

It's commonly called the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, or the Star-Spangled Banner.

They raised the U.S. flag at dawn.

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stripes · red white and blue · patriotism · democracy · canton · sacrifice · grommets · hoist · fly · unity · military ceremonies · Fort McHenry · Continental Congress · Independence Day · freedom · Civil War · citizenship ceremonies · resilience

Opposites
national identity/allegiance

U.S. flagSoviet flag

USSR's national emblem

Russian flag · Cuban flag · Confederate flag · Union Jack · British flag

political symbolism (Cold War/ideological)

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USSR's national emblem

hammer and sickle · red flag · swastika · black flag · white flag

scope of governance

U.S. flagstate flag

Official regional banner

EU flag · tribal flag

Family

U.S., flag, flags, flagged, flagging, flagpole, flagship, stating, unification

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G