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 ...

For example, one Snopes reader's email read, "Has the American flag on usa.gov website been changed to have 9 stars instead of 50?" Another reader inquired if the flag appeared after Trump took ...

Just a quick question, though: do you know how many stars and stripes are on the American flag? It seems a like a question ...