don't mix these up

    Two things not to be confused--the American flag, which is sometimes called "Old Glory", and sometimes called "The Stars and Stripes" or "The Star-Spangled Banner". You'll know it by the red and white stripes, with a blue rectangle in the top left corner containing 50 stars--one for each state of the union that makes up the United States of America. Not to be confused with the "Stars and Bars"--also called "Dixie"--the flag raised by the southern states when they made war on the United States government by besieging a federal fort and firing on it. This flag is red with a blue "X" across the entire rectangle. The blue "X" has white stars in it.