the american flag has five stars.
the american flag has five stars.
how many stars does the american flag has?
five
the flag of the united states of america, often referred to as the american flag or u.s. flag, is the national flag of the united states. it consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternate with rows of five stars. the 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the united states of america, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen british colonies that declared independence from the kingdom of great britain, and became the first states in the u.s. nicknames for the flag include the stars and stripes, old glory, and the star-spangled banner.
flag of the united states
houston wears a white tracksuit with a red and blue print and hairband, an athletic uniform that refers to the national tricolor red, white and blue. abc sports announcer frank gifford asks the audience to join in the honoring of "america" and "especially the brave men and women serving our nation in the persian gulf and throughout the world." while the players and coaches were standing on the sidelines, the military personnel, dressed in various uniforms to signify the solidarity among different branches of service, display the flags of the different american states. two male members of the military are singled out through the use of close-ups: an african-american officer and a white officer. the close-up of the african-american officer raising his hand in salute overlaps with the close-up of the audience. and the close-up of houston dissolves into the close-up of the white officer, and back again. for a second, both houston and the white officer are captured within the same frame. the american flag is omnipresent in all shots, either explicitly in the form of an actual american flag, or implicitly through the use of its colors red, white and blue. in addition to the waving american flags, best visible when shot from a distance. on several occasions, the presence of the flag is emphasized through the use of close-ups in connection to the words whitney houston sings. when she sings, "...see, by the dawn's early light," a close-up of an american flag dissolves in and out of the close-up of houston. houston does not leave the frame, but for a second, the image of american flag is transparently placed over her image. at the point when houston sings "through the night that our flag was still there," the camera cuts to a close-up of the american flag waving at the top of the stadium. throughout the performance, there are medium shots and close-ups of the audience waving small american flags. with houston throwing her arms into the air, the scene is made complete with four f-16 fighter jets from the 56th tactical training wing at macdill air force base flying over as the performance's grand finale.
the star spangled banner (whitney houston recording)