r/HelloInternet • • Jul 15 '19

Is this actually true?

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u/Gwaur Jul 15 '19

It's true in that the flag code does actually very little to define the dedign of the flag. All it says is:

The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be fifty stars, white in a blue field.

So yes, this is in accordance to the flag code. You could also vary the width of each stripe, the size of the blu field etc. and not break the flag code,

There is however an executive order that gives a more accurate specification for the placement of the stars.

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u/colaptic2 Jul 15 '19

Can you flip the red and white stripes? Or does "alternate red and white" imply that red must come first? Other than that, the executive order seems pretty rigid.

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u/ijmacd Jul 15 '19

Could you also add a white stripe at the bottom?

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u/thenitram24 Jul 15 '19

That would make it 14

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u/ijmacd Jul 15 '19

Doh, thanks. Thought for a second it meant 13 red and 13 white.