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There are thirteen stripes in American flag which apparently represents America’s 13 original colonies in. However, this is not true as originally there were only 12 colonies. Delaware, originally named as ‘The Three Lower Counties’ was not an independent colony.
Because 13 is a masonic symbol, referencing the number of Israeli tribes.
For example, earlier Brazil flags too featured 13 stripes:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/br_reprv.html