Answer the following question: Determine the topic of the question-answer pair. Question: "HOW MANY STRIPES ARE ON THE AMERICAN FLAG?";  Answer: "The national flag of the United States of America , often simply referred to as the American flag, 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 of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars."? Topic:
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Flag of the United States