Just make sure you brush up on how to properly display the American flag. (And while you're here, read up on your 4th of July trivia, too!) There are 13 stripes on most American flags you'll see ...

Test your knowledge about the stars and stripes with this American Flag quiz. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress resolved that America’s flag should feature 13 white stars on a blue ...

This is, of course, in stark contrast to the actual American flag, which features 50 stars and 13 stripes. So what does a nine star flag mean in the U.S.? The American people have some concerns.

The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags ...

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 ...

It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over ... since the number of stripes didn't revert to the original 13 until 1818. Now the British were really coming. Glutted with victory ...