7 stripes for 7 core founding fathers
13 stars in a circle for the original 13 colonies
1 larger, more prominent star in the center of the 13 for E Pluribus Unum
3:5 for both flag and blue corner
this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
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7 founding fathers seems like a rather arbitrary number — at least not one I've heard of and definitely a number you could argue — so I wouldn't put that as symbolism on the flag. Also not a huge fan of the arrangement of the stars. They don't fill the width of the blue field, and the 13 stars feel oddly small. I definitely agree that the U.S. flag could be simplified, but this isn't it imo.
Sure there's some degree of arbitriness to 7, but I don't think you could reasonably claim it's any less than 7, and 7 is even a number wikipedia throws around. Not that there are only 7, just that there are 7 particularly important ones.
I really just think the 13 the current US flag has looks too busy, but this is the only "American" number I could think of which was less than 13. If you have others I'd love to hear!
Can you say more about the stars? Are you against them being in a circle?
There's not really any way to have them "fill up" the blue while still being in a circle (even if you change their sizes), unless you change the ratio of the blue, which would cause it to deviate from that of the flag itself. Maybe I can cook up a 2:3 version for ya.
As for the size of the stars, again they are in the maximum radius circle which fits in the blue, so can't change their position, and making them any bigger would cause them to touch each other or at least feel cramped.
The stars in a circle in the blue is a classic American design which has been done on the flag before (besty ross, cowpens, etc.).