"Peace - The Old Fashioned Way" embroidered patch - 4 1/2" - Merrow edge, wax back

FUN PATCH

The flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American  flag, is the national flag of the United States. It consists of thirteen equal  horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue  rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty  small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six  stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the  flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes  represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the  Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the Union. Nicknames  for the flag include the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, and the Star-Spangled  Banner.