Helms donated the flag to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History ... colors – a single white stripe in the middle and alternating light blue and pink stripes above and below ...

and blue color palette waving high and mighty to represent the country and everything it stands for. Just a quick question, though: do you know how many stars and stripes are on the American flag?

June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian ... the Smithsonian's ...