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Why 7 red and 6 white stripes...

Originally Posted by lovemygrandkids

Good Morning,

I thought I read somewhere the reason for 7 red and 6 white stripes. I
know that the total number stands for the 13 original colonies.
However, my question is why not 6 red and 7 white? I hope you
understand my question. I remember reading that there was a reason for
choosing 7 red stripes...not 6; and vice versa. It had something to do
with symbolism and what the red represented.

Thanks for pondering my question.

Bianca

Bianca,

I don't think there really was a reason for seven red stripes and six white stripes. Many people have tried to attach symbolism to the colors that simply wasn't there when the flag was designed.

Some say George Washington remarked that the red represented the mother country and the white was separating the red, a symbol of liberty. The theory, then, is that the white is intersecting the red so that's why red is on the top and bottom.

Other symbolism attached to the flag includes that red is blood or courage and white is purity or innocence. Maybe you need more courage than you need purity when you're building a nation? OK, that was a joke, but I think the number of stripes of each color maybe can't be called a coincidence, there's no historic record of what the designers were thinking.

Sarah

[ulv93@verizon.net]

I would like to know what each color represents on the flag. Can anyone tell me?

[Peter Ansoff]

I would like to know what each color represents on the flag. Can anyone tell me?

The colors of the US flag came from the colors of the British flag. The resolution that created the flag in 1777 did not say anything about the symbolism of the colors.

When the Great Seal of the United States was adopted in 1782, the explanation of the seal said:

"The colours of the pales are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valor, and Blue, the colour of the Chief signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice."

However, this was an after-the-fact explanation, because the flag had already existed for 5 years before it was written.

Peter Ansoff

[ulv93@verizon.net]

Thank you peter. I also heard that the red stood for the blood lost gaining our freedom. Is that true?

[Peter Ansoff]

Hi,

I also heard that the red stood for the blood lost gaining our freedom. Is that true?

Again, the colors don't officially stand for anything -- they're the result of our flag's descent from the British flag. Indivdual writers and poets have come up with lots of different ideas of what the colors mean to them, but those are just artistic license. Not all of their ideas are necessarily patriotic, either. A British poet in the early 19th century compared the red and white stripes to the scars on the backs of American slaves who were whipped by their masters.

Thanks for joining -- hope you enjoy the forum!

Peter Ansoff

[Captgio]

Greetings Peter,

Do you know where the stripes originated? Dutch Masters and the church. Go research the 7 pillars. Go read about Flag Author Richardson and his wifes flags that were debunked. 13 Stars and 7 stripes flag, merchants of CT and MA. The great seal and all flag documents where kept in Stratford CT for a time before Washington was built. The stripes are origin to the church going back to Holland and Calvinism! The Stripes are not origin to the Sons of Liberty, 13 Stripes symbolic to States united by the church. 13 white Stars representing states in a blue canton seperated from the Stripes or church control!

[Peter Ansoff]

Hello, Captgio,

Do you have any evidence for any of this? Stripes on flags have historically been used by many entities.

Peter Ansoff

[Captgio]

Peter,

Read this document attached.
STRIPES 6 STARS OF REBELLION - TIME
EVERY American schoolboy knows that Betsy Ross made the first US flag for George Washington and the Continental Congress in 1777. It makes a pretty story, ...
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,861583,00.html - Similar

I have studied Towers work and he is dead on! Read about the section Mass colonies and CT colonies, the 4 joined! This is when new England was called the United Colonies and then the United States! The Salem MA minister who made himsef famous for burning witches! He was upset and came to CT, he burned a women in Stratford CT to prove a point of his power and the church among the 4 colonies. Rev Davenport, wrote a document that states all ships of New Haven have to fly the striped flag of red and white in reference to the United Colonies as ordered by the the good Rev. of Salem, MA. This document is very safe and will be brought forth when the time is right.

Please, note this and do not lose this Peter. When you read towers document he states 7 provinces of Holland and the he also states reformation! Who reformed the churchs in England and Holland. What famous minister/Dr. that did this work or is noted for doing this work? When i present some of my work this will be clearer to you in the near future. If you care about American flag history. Research ship paintings that show these flag belonging to CT/MA. Keep this in mind, that the church controlled the Government back then. Learn about the leaders of the 7 pillars of New Haven and Connecticut! 7 Stripes may have been in reference to them or the Colonies they controlled. Resolving this work is by researching the fathers of the church in New England.