The first official flag of the United-States
(Abstract)
The first official flag was adopted in 1777 and represented thirteen white stars in a blue field, as well as thirteen alternate red and white stripes. To day, the number of stars has increased to fifty whereas the number of stripes has remained thirteen. Beyond the obvious answer that stripes and stars represent respectively the number of the first colonies and present unified states, the original US banner may have been a deeper symbol.
The first official United States flag symbolizes the union of divine and human nature within the mediator between Heaven and Earth as well as the links between the spiritual and temporal powers. All these aspects go much beyond a simple federation of states unless you know under what or which human beings are federated. This deep meaning has been lost since the star field of the Old Glory has been reduced to the number of united States.
-