Several of the users spreading the claim said the flag originated with the Confederacy and the U.S. Civil War, referencing it ...

In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following: ...

Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris ... While the United States fought the war under the Stars and Stripes flag, also known as the Star-Spangled Banner ...