The U.S. flag described by the 1777 resolution had 13 stars.
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution establishing a flag with 13 alternating red and white stripes and 13 white stars on a blue field. The stars and stripes represented the original thirteen states.
The resolution did not specify the stars' arrangement, so early flags used different patterns. The best-known arrangement is the circular Betsy Ross pattern, although historians cannot confirm that Betsy Ross designed the first official flag.
The number of stars later increased as new states joined the Union. The present flag has 50 stars, but the original 13-star design remains a powerful symbol of the Revolutionary era remembered by America250.