The red, blue and white colors represent the nation's loyalty ... of the British Union Jack to the shades of blue in the flags of countries like the Netherlands or Chile, these colors evoke ...

Over the years, they have evolved to incorporate symbols significant to the countries they ... National Congress, the red, white and blue are reminiscent of the flags of the European colonists ...

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 ...