From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Wed Dec 20 2000 - 19:59:31 MST
You can find vestiges of it on various Federal departmental / agency
seals and such, or so I'm told. Blue stars on a white field; vertical
white and red stripes, the white on the outsides.
"Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
>
> What? You mean the 'dont tread on me' rattlesnake flag isn't the battle
> flag? What is the design for this peacetime flag?
>
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> >
> > Originally, states got stars AND stripes. The US flag got up to 15
> > or 18 stripes before they realized that it would grow too fast. They
> > then decided to go back to 13 stripes and just add stars.
> >
> > Also be aware that the traditional stars and stripes is technically
> > our wartime flag. There is a peacetime flag that nobody ever sees.
> > --
> > Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com>
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