At a time when President Donald Trump is implementing numerous potential changes to the United States government ... to the actual American flag, which features 50 stars and 13 stripes.

Whether you call it "America," "the U.S.A.," or simply "the U.S.," there's no denying its uniqueness as a nation united by 50 ...

The state flag has seen all of these changes ... The upper lefthand corner where the US flag currently has 50 stars in a blue square had that same blue square. It had seven, eleven, or thirteen ...

The French and American flags share an often-overlooked commonality. Along with the red flag, a transnational banner of social protest before being adopted by a variety of socialist states ...

In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following: ...