Flag Design
Number of stripes on the US Flag
What is 13?
These are the colors of the US Flag
What are red, white and blue?
This date on the calendar is the day US citizens honor the US Flag
What is June 14th?
This person wrote a song inspired by seeing the flag survive a battle
Who is Francis Scott Key?
A US Flag should never touch this
What is anything beneath it? (includes water, ground or merchandise)
Number of stars on the US Flag
What is 50?
The number of red stripes on the US Flag
What is 7?
This is a nickname for the US Flag
What is "Old Glory"?
Only these two types of people can order the flag to be flown at half staff
Who are the President and State Governors?
When the US Flag is flown upside down it is a sign of this
What is distress? (as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property)
The number of stripes on the US Flag represent this
What are the 13 original colonies?
The white on the US Flag represents this
What is purity and innocence?
Flag Day is also the birthday of this U.S. military branch.
What is the Army?
This person is said to have sewn the first US Flag
Who is Betsy Ross?
The recommended way to dispose of an old, torn, frayed, or faded U.S. Flag
What is burning respectfully in a retirement ceremony?
The US flag was created in this US City
What is Philadelphia?
The red on the US Flag represents this
What is hardiness and valor?
This town in Wisconsin is said to be the birthplace of Flag Day
What is Waubeka, WI?
How many American flags exist on the moon.
5
This is the penalty for violating the Flag Code
What is there is no penalty?
With the addition of these two states to the union, the US Flag is set in it's current configuration
What is Hawaii and Alaska?
This part of the US Flag is called the "Canton"
What is the blue field with white stars?
In 1916, this US president was the first to proclaim a national observance of Flag Day
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This honor is usually reserved for American Veterans, elected government officials, police and fire fighters
What is draping a flag over the casket at their funeral?
The White House, Fort McHenry, the Washington Memorial and the Iwo Jima Memorial, to name a few
What are places where the US Flag is on display 24 hours?