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4 U.S.C. § 1 — Flag; stripes and stars on
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This section describes the design of the U.S. flag. It has thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white. The blue field in the corner has forty-eight white stars.
This section is a single, undivided provision describing the flag's design.
The flag of the United States has thirteen horizontal stripes. The stripes alternate between red and white.
The "union" of the flag — the rectangular field in the upper corner — is blue. It holds forty-eight white stars. The section does not describe how the stars must be arranged within that field.
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The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field.
Source credit: (July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)
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- 1947Enacted · Act of July 30, 1947, ch. 389 · 61 Stat. 642
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