The 13-star design associated with America250’s founding story represents the thirteen original colonies.
Those colonies were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. They declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 and became the first states of the United States.
The number 13 remains a prominent historical symbol even though the modern United States has 50 states. The first national flag under the Flag Act of 1777 used 13 stars and 13 stripes, representing the original states. Later flags added stars as new states joined the Union, while the number of stripes was fixed at 13.