Flag History
Today's Flag
National Anthem
Displaying the U.S. Flag
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The person credited with sewing the first U.S. flag

Who is Betsy Ross?

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Number of stars on the current U.S. flag

What is 50?

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Another name for the National Anthem

What is the Star-Spangled Banner?

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Pace at which the U.S. flag is raised and lowered on a flag pole.

What is Raise briskly, lower slowly?

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Year that the 2nd Continental Congress approved the creation of the first official U.S. flag

What is 1777?

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Name of the blue space in the top left corner of the U.S. flag.

What is the Union?

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Person who wrote the National Anthem.

Who is Francis Scott Key?

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Location of stars when the U.S. flag is placed on a wall.

What is the flags own upper right (observers left)?

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Name of the person who claimed to have designed the first U.S. flag.

Who is Francis Hopkinson?

300

Common nickname for the U.S. flag.

What is the Stars and Stripes or Old Glory?

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Name of the war that inspired the writing of the National Anthem.

What is the War of 1812?

300

Location of stars when the U.S. flag is draped over a casket.

What is at the head, over the left shoulder of the deceased? 

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Nickname of the U.S. flag that had 15 stripes

What is the Star-Spangled Banner?

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Name of the last state to enter the union.

What is Hawaii?

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Location where the author was inspired to write the National Anthem.

What is Fort McHenry?

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Manner is in which the U.S. flag is displayed with flags from other nations.

What is displayed at the same height as other nation flags?

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Name of the flag flown by George Washington's Army before the first Stars and Stripes were created.

What is the Grand Union flag?

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The year that the current U.S. flag became official.

What is 1960?

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The year that the National Anthem became official.

What is 1931?

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Name of the rope and tackle used for hoisting the U.S. flag on a flagpole.

What is a halyard?

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