Flags of the world

Flag of USA.  100% polyester, suitable for a flagpole.  5ft x 3ft (1500mm x 900mm)

The thirteen stripes represent the original thirteen colonies that were settled by the British Empire.

In 1776, the colonies achieved independence, and came together to form United States of America. Over the history of the United States, the country expanded across the continent to the west coast and beyond, increasing the total number of states to fifty.

The fifty states are represented by the fifty stars in the canton.

Designed by Joaquín Suárez the first head of state of Uruguay in December 1828 and President of Uruguay 1843-1852.

The national flag of Uruguay has a field of nine equal horizontal stripes alternating white and blue. The canton is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy. The flag was first adopted by law on 16 December 1828, and had 19 stripes until 11 July 1830, when a new law reduced the number of stripes to nine.