The national flag of the United States of America Star-Spangled Banner - Vintage version

The American flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes of red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to as the union) that features fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine rows of six or five. The stars on the flag represent the fifty states, and the thirteen stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence, becoming the first states in the Union. Nicknames for the flag include the "Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory", and "The Star-Spangled Banner."