Why are there thirteen satrs on the confederate flag?
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The thirteen starts represent the 13 original colonies of the United States.\nAlso, it could represent the 11 confederate states (including Kentucky and Missouri, states which were part of the confederacy though they were north of the mason-dixon line).
1031262
When flown with flags of states, communities, or societies on separate flag poles which are of the same height and in a straight line, the flag of the United States is always placed in the position of honor - to its own right.\n..The other flags may be smaller but none may be larger.\n..No other flag ever should be placed above it.
295051
Because people spilled their blood for it, to protect their family and homes.  During the Civil War, both the Union and Confederate soldiers had the highest rate of mortality among the color bearer's.  When they charged a positions, they never let the colors fall, a man always threw down his musket to pick up the flag.  You don't see that kind of honor or respect for the flag today.
1011425
Former slaves, who were only thought as property and less than human, now were counted as part of the population. And even though many went North after the end of the Civil War, most stayed in the place where they knew. So if there was a plantation, which had over a hundred slaves that were not counted as part of the population before, now were considered part of it. And as you know the House of Representatives gives as many seats out for each state depending on how many people live in the state and not on how big the state is. And more representatives meant more political power in Washington, DC. Don't forget also, that the Southern states after the Civil War were not governed by Southerners, Northerners were put in charge and Reconstruction took place (which was both positive and negitive).
960607
I see nothing wrong with it.. it represents the South ... not slavery, not racism.. the South wanted to succeed from the United States and that is why they had the Civil War... the Confederate Flag represented the South in the Civil War-It's part of our history, and some people just like the way it looks.. it's not the Symbol of the US
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You also rarely hear your national anthem.  We are a country that is proud of every aspect of it.  We fought for what we have.  We live in a society that teaches us to be proud of where we live and respect where we are from.  The flag is a symbol of our freedom.  It is way more than just a flag to us.  I realize that is something that you may not understand.  The stars and stripes of the flag all represent something.   The 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies and the 50 stars represent the 50 states.  It isn't "just a flag" it is a symbol of who we are and how we got to be that.  :)
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15  strips in 1794\n\n # Act of January 13, 1794 - provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.\n# Act of April 4, 1818 - provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state, signed by President Monroe. \n# Executive Order of President Taft dated June 24, 1912 - established proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward.\n# Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated January 3, 1959 - provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered horizontally and vertically.\n# Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated August 21, 1959 - provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizon tally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically. \n\n\nWhy and why not,   Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual arrangements of the stars and odd proportions, these features being left to the discretion of the flag maker. In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used.
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Stripes On The American Flag
933234
Well, Don M, there are four commonwealths - MA, VA, PA and KY - but all of them are states in the union, together with the other 46, presuming the asker means the States in the Union of the present day United States of America.\nNow if the question is how many States were in the Union during the Civil War (as opposed to the Confederacy) we might look at the flag. At the outbreak of the Civil War (1861), the US Flag had a field of 33 stars representing 33 states. President Lincoln refused to remove the stars representing those states which seceded from the Union. (The Confederate Battle Flag had 13 stars to represent the 13 States of the Confederacy) From the first 3 months until 1863, the flag had 34 stars. In 1863, West Virginia separated from Virginia to join the Union. Consequently the Union flag had 35 stars until the close of the Civil War.
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For the United States-\n\nThe basic design of the flag is specified by sections 1 and 2 of Title 4, United States Code (4 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2 (2004)). Executive Order 10834 which may be found as a note to section 1, specifies the proportions of the flag and the arrangement of the stars in the union.
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I think most of us tend to react negatively to that flag as well as to  many other symbolic things that we have come to associate with  bad things like a burning cross , a Nazi  symbol...etc.... and no matter how they defend using it   ( some say its just honoring their dead confederate soldiers etc.) you just can't help but feel that person  wishes the south had won and they wish it will rise again...so yep.... its still scary!
508754
The thing that gets me is that the Union flag (U.S. flag) was used at a time when blacks were slaves in the North too. George Washington himself owned many slaves under the colonial flag. I don't hear black people complaining about that! I think blacks look for a good excuse to look for something to protest about anything. The real reason the Civil War was fought was over the issue of states rights NOT over slavery as many believe. The Confederate flag stands for the South and the South is no more guilty of slavery than the Union flag.
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http://www.murphyenterprises.com/confederate.htm
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That depends. Right now there are 50, one for \n\neach state. The first flag had 13 stars, one for \n\neach colony. In all, there have been 27 different\n\nAmerican flags.
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Hey, I searched at wikipedia and look what I found!\n\nBlue Sky with a White Sun, canton of the flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan) \nBonnie Blue Flag, official flag of the now-defunct Republic of West Florida, also used in some places as an unofficial banner of the Confederate States of America. \nDannebrog, Denmark \nErfalasorput, Greenland. Both the flag of Greenland and the Dannebrog are also called Aappalaartoq (meaning "the red"). \nEureka Flag \nGwenn-ha-du, Brittany \nHinomaru, Japan \nHvítbláinn, former unofficial flag of Iceland \nIkurriña, Basque people/Basque Country \nJalur Gemilang, Malaysia Glorious Stripes \nJolly Roger, pirate flag \nMaple Leaf, Canada \nFleurdelisé, Québec \nMerkið, Faroe Islands \nNisshoki, Japan \nRainbow flag \nSinimustvalge, Estonia blue-black-white (unofficial) \nŠahovnica \nSenyera, Aragon and Barcelona \nStars and Bars, Confederate States of America \nStars and Stripes, United States, also known as Old Glory \nSiniristilippu, Finland \nShir-o-Khorshid, The Lion and the Sun, The Perisan Flag under Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi \nSouthern Cross can refer to the blue saltire as used in various flags of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. \nTjúgufáni, State flag of Iceland \nTricolore, several states \nUnion Jack or Union Flag flag of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realm \nY Ddraig Goch, Wales \nLa Estrella Solitaria (The Lonely Star), the Cuban flag \nFlag of South Africa The Rainbow Flag, Unity Flag, or Interim Flag (All unofficial). \nWiphala, flag of Andean peoples in Bolivia and Peru. \n\nMy country's is Jalur Gemilang! (ja-lure-ge (hard G as in Gun) -mee-lung)
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What you write is totally asinine! Grow up and smell they coffee! Or better yet, get a viewpoint of your own instead of regurgitating your copy cat views!\n\nbet you own one of those Confederate Combat Flags!!
88688
That is the rebel flag, which has a cross on it with stars. Usually used to represent the DEEP south. Most commonly found on the back of Ford or Chevy trucks.