The rules for handling and displaying the U.S. Flag are defined by a law known as the U.S. Flag Code. The following is the text of the found in United States Code Title 4 Chapter 1. 1. Flag; stripes and stars on The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars [Note: Sec. 2 provides for additional stars; Today the flag has fifty stars representing the fifty states], white in a blue field 2. Same; additional stars On the admission of a new State into the…