The War of 1812 United States flag featured 15 stars and 15 stripes, one for each state in the Union. Vermont and Kentucky had joined in the meantime.
This is the famous flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore which inspired what became our National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
I wrote about it today in my Cooter's History Thing Blog.
I have my U.S. flags up outside. Unfortunately, I do not have a 15-star 15 stripe flag or it would be up as well.
15 and 15. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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