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Flag_of_the_United_States.svg‎ (SVG file, nominally 1,235 × 650 pixels, file size: 2 KB)

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Description	Flag of the United States.svg Chamoru: Banderan Estados Unidos Česky: Vlajka Spojených států amerických English: Flag of the United States. Esperanto: Flago de Usono Español: La bandera de los Estados Unidos Italiano: Bandiera degli Stati Uniti d'America. Français : Drapeau des États-Unis 日本語: アメリカ合衆国の国旗 Gaeilge: Bratach na Stát Aontaithe Hawai`i: Ka hae ‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘ia Latina: Vexillum Civitatum Foederatarum Americae Diné bizaad: Wááshindoon bikéyah ałhidadiidzooígíí dáh naat'á'i' Shqip: Flamuri i Shteteve të Bashkuara Русский: Флаг Соединённых Штатов Америки.
Date	11 September 2005–14 May 2008, based on the above flag law as amended by Executive Order No. 10834 dated 21 August 1959.
Source	SVG implementation of U. S. Code: Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 1 [1] (the United States Federal “Flag Law”).
Author	Dbenbenn, Zscout370, Jacobolus, Indolences, Technion.
Permission (Reusing this image)	See below.

W3C ✓ The source code of this SVG is valid

Image notes

The geometric specifications for the union jack and the sizes and positioning of the stars are given in an attachment to Executive Order 10834 of 21 August 1959, printed in 3 CFR, 1959–1963 Comp., p. 368. Also see File:US Flag spec TIOH 5-1-17 1967.jpg, the specification drawing from the Army Institute of Heraldry.
The current dimensions of the image (version of 00:43, 14 May 2008), 1235 × 650 pixels (which represents an aspect ratio of 1.9:1.0), were chosen to allow as much as possible of the final geometric manipulations to be performed using whole numbers, avoiding the need for scaling. (This also results in each stripe being 50 pixels high.)
The versions of 04:42, 5 April 2007, and later (which were written from scratch) are ineligible for copyright and in the public domain. (Earlier versions were derived from the Open Clip Art library and were covered by the Open Clip Art license.)

It is easy to put a border around this image:
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File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:02, 27 November 2009		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Zscout370	(version by Carl Lindberg)
	07:23, 26 November 2009		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Reisio	(no... _I_ am the one reverting to the status quo, you just reverted to the new version)
	06:32, 26 November 2009		1,235×650 (1 KB)	Blurpeace	(Reverted to version as of 20:37, 24 November 2009 Revert to the status quo. Please start a new discussion on the talk page.)
	06:09, 26 November 2009		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Reisio	(Reverted to version as of 04:59, 21 November 2009)
	20:37, 24 November 2009		1,235×650 (1 KB)	Zscout370	(Reduce code)
	04:59, 21 November 2009		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Reisio	(cleanup)
	22:00, 17 November 2009		1,235×650 (1 KB)	Zscout370	(Now this time it works. All code was saved, except for the beginning (redundant code). )
	01:11, 16 November 2009		1,235×650 (1 KB)	Zscout370	(Reduce code)
	18:00, 1 November 2009		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Zscout370	(Reverted to version as of 21:13, 11 October 2009 (colors were not referenced, I will speak to you on IRC Huib))
	17:18, 1 November 2009		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Abigor	(Per talkpage)
	21:13, 11 October 2009		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Zscout370	(Pantone colors from the US Embassy in London, shades from http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx)
	00:43, 14 May 2008		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Technion	(Flipped definition of "pt" to point upward (previously pointed downward) in order to make the code more intuitive; expanded "id" names to make code more readable; see discussion page for more info.)
	17:30, 13 May 2008		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Technion	(Tightened file size further, plus made minor modifications to allow the SVG file to be rendered properly by browsers with less robust SVG support (such as Apple Safari))
	09:30, 13 May 2008		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Dha	(Reverted to version as of 04:42, 5 April 2007)
	20:05, 7 April 2008		1,330×700 (4 KB)	Dha	(Reverted to version as of 23:02, 28 March 2007)
	04:42, 5 April 2007		1,235×650 (2 KB)	Technion	(Proposed simplified version written from scratch, derived directly from http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode04/usc_sec_04_00000001----000-notes.html (should be geometrically identical))
	23:02, 28 March 2007		1,330×700 (4 KB)	Indolences	(fixing doctype)
	10:35, 26 April 2006		1,330×700 (4 KB)	Jacobolus	(rm unnecessary attributes I added in last version)
	10:32, 26 April 2006		1,330×700 (4 KB)	Jacobolus	(wrap "reusable code" in <defs> tag as recommended by wc3)
	07:54, 26 April 2006		1,330×700 (4 KB)	Jacobolus	(add metadata, some id's)
	01:27, 26 April 2006		380×200 (40 KB)	Jacobolus
	19:01, 24 March 2006		1,330×700 (2 KB)	Dbenbenn	(Stars are now exact. Based on an idea of User:Pumbaa80.)
	23:08, 28 January 2006		1,330×700 (2 KB)	Dbenbenn	(Previous version had a miscalculation--stars were shifted left by 0.02%, whoops! Also, this version now uses viewBox to have a reasonable default size.)
	00:09, 29 November 2005		18,525×9,750 (3 KB)	Dbenbenn	(more precise version: stars are now accurate to 42 decimal places)
	21:44, 3 October 2005		18,525×9,750 (2 KB)	Dbenbenn	(change red back to BF0A30, and completely rewrite SVG code, using Zscout's <use> tag idea, but with increased precision)
	19:10, 3 October 2005		18,525×9,750 (10 KB)	Zscout370	(Made it into a 130 pixel hoist, as per request on my talk page.)
	19:02, 3 October 2005		190×100 (9 KB)	Zscout370	(The cloning is done, but everyone is welcome to reduce the file size even more. :D)
	10:06, 1 October 2005		570×300 (16 KB)	Dbenbenn	(change red back to BF0A30, according to cited references)
	04:15, 27 September 2005		570×300 (16 KB)	Zscout370	(Made the flag 300x570, fixed the colors. I also cut the file size down by over half. I am going to reduce it more once I have time.)
	02:28, 11 September 2005		247×130 (36 KB)	Dbenbenn	(change red to BF0A30, blue to 002868, according to w:Image talk:Us flag large.png)
	02:25, 11 September 2005		247×130 (36 KB)	Dbenbenn	(from http://openclipart.org/clipart/signs_and_symbols/flags/america/united_states.svg, by Daniel McRae, PD)