1. U.S. Code
  2. title 4
  3. chapter 1
  4. § 1

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§ 1. Flag; stripes and stars on

The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field.

(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)

CITE AS: 4 USC 1