Fun fact #003: The 15 star U.S. flag has 15 stripes, it’s the only U.S. flag to have a stripe for every state. Sorry for no fun fact yesterday.
from /r/vexillology Top comment: Mini fun fact #001: This flag was also the flag of the United States when “Defence of Fort M’Henry”, a poem by Francis Scott Key was written in 1814 during the War of 1812. On March 3, 1931 the poem was adopted as the national anthem of the United States. I will comment one mini fun fact for every day I don’t post a fun fact, I forgot to a post a fun fact yesterday so today’s fun fact get’s one mini fun fact.








