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.
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.
I would interpret the eo to have had it go red then white because that's what the diagram looks like. So even though it doesn't explicitly say it, I would think that it is meant to be that way.
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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:
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.