Why is the US flag red, white, and blue?
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Werecrow answered the question correctly. I would like to add that "Betsy Ross" creating the U.S. flag is largely considered to be fiction. If you look at pictures of early U.S. flags you can see how U.S. Revolutionary flag designers borrowed the colors from the Union Jack, the British flag.
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The full-color U.S. flag cloth replica is worn so that the star field faces forward, or to the flag's own right. When worn in this manner, the flag is facing to the observer's right, and gives the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as the wearer moves forward. \n\nThe rule dates back to the Army's early history, when both mounted cavalry and infantry units would designate a standard bearer, who carried the Colors into battle. As he charged, his forward momentum caused the flag to stream back. Since the Stars and Stripes are mounted with the canton closest to the pole, that section stayed to the right, while the stripes flew to the left.
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Do not confuse the English flag (red cross on white field) with the Union Jack (two red crosses, regular and St Andrews with white border on a blue field). The latter was the flag of the United Kingdom
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its a national event so the national flag is used for the start...\nbe a patriotic person
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the dutch flag is red, white and blue - just like the US flag.\n\nThere was actually a city named Orange which was/became a house of royalty.
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The Italian national team wear blue because it is the colour of Savoia, the ruling house of Italy from 1861 to 1946. Until the end of the second world war, the Italian flag always had the Savoy coat of arms in the centre, and it was only after the family were overthrown,and the Italian Republic established in 1946, that the plain \ntricolor was adopted as the national flag."
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Stripes and blocks are used so they can be seen.  A flag is a signal, not a picture, and it has to be seen miles away.
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A geek might say that most flags are shaped like two triagles joined together - any rectangle splits into two right-angled triangles of course - but there are other contenders.\n\nNepal features a flag which looks like two triangles, one on top of the other, bordered with blue and each triangle featuring a white emblem on a red background.  The uppermost emblem is rather like a star rising above the moon, whilst the lower emblem is a simple star.\n\nThe Israeli flag, featuring the Star of David is another possibility - the star is of course made of two intertwined equilateral triangles drawn in blue on a white background, with two more blue lines - one above and one below.\n\nOf course much of this depends on personal perception.  The Jamaican flag, for example, could be perceived to be two black triangles joined together or two green triangles joined together.
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No other flag may be flown higher then the American flag. \n\nWhen flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace
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Red because it can represent so many things. Love, passion, anger, chaos etc.
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The official colours for Australia Day are the Red Blue and White, same as the flag.\n\n\nGold and Green are sporting colours.
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I think because the colour of flag was designed with the meaning behind the colour.\n\nLike my country flag, it's red and white.\nRed = brave\nWhite = holy/clean\n\nSo, the founder of the country design the flag because they use the characteristics and meanigs of the colour to describe the country and to express the spirit of the country. It's random, yes we know that.
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Well, I can't draw it online, but it would have a color from every counrty [sort of like the Olympic Rings symbol has] because America is a melting pot of nationalities. I would try to make the stars do an outline of the US on the field [the blue part] with the red stripes remaining as is. The stars would be different colors.
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Come to America!  ALL of ours are blue, we would freak out over a red one.\n\nBut I have seen the one you are talking about when I was there in 1998.  My friend from university where I was studying in England told me that the blue one was for air mail.
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each ring represents one of the five continents involved in the olympics at the time of its creation.\nalso, all the countries involved could make their flag out of the colors used for the rings and thier white background.
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The Italian flag long time ago was blue with a blue star in the middle pretty much like the Somalian one which was under Italian rule. Because of the similarities, Italy changed their flag to red, white, green, but the national team colors stayed the same.\n\nNow the Azzuri on the jersey is a representation of the sea that surrounds it or the sky
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It was something that was picked by the television media here in the US during the last few natioanl elections. If you go back a number of years ago it was the opposite on TV.\nNow that the phrases "red states" and "blue states" have become a part of our vocabluary I doubt we'll see the colors change again any time soon.