However, the Bennington Flag contains 13 stars and 13 stripes (to represent the colonies). The stars form an arch inside of a ...

the flag would be so small that it would be impossible to make it look good with 50 stars, that aesthetically, it would look like a mess. "We use the 13-star, which is an official American flag ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...