Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

Every country has a flag to represent it. In the United States, Old Glory's familiar red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes ...

Thus, red also signified proximity to the royal court, wealth and power. A white eagle on a red background was also present on heraldic flags. The symbol of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a ...