The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America and the 13 stripes represent thethirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and became the first states in the Union. Nicknames for the flag include the “Stars and Stripes”, “Old Glory“, and “The Star-Spangled Banner” (also the name of the national anthem).

THE PILGRIM FATHERS The Pilgrim Fathers (UK), is a name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Their leadership came from the religious congregations of Brownist English Dissenter. Concerned with losing their cultural identity, the group later arranged with English investors to establish a new colony in North […]