The United States flag that will represent America250 has 50 stars.
Each star represents one of the 50 states in the Union. The stars appear in the blue canton, while the flag’s 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies that declared independence from Great Britain.
The current 50-star design became official on July 4, 1960, after Hawaii joined the United States as the 50th state. Alaska had become the 49th state in 1959, prompting an earlier 49-star design.
The flag is often discussed during national anniversaries because its stars show the country’s present political composition, while its stripes preserve a reference to the revolutionary era. Thus, the same flag combines modern statehood with the nation’s colonial origins.