I think our flag is so beautiful. The bright contrast of the red and white stripes is so crisp, and the stripes highlight the billowing in the wind. Maybe that made it useful for soldiers in the fields to judge the wind when aiming?
Also the offset field of stars, not centered, no symmetry, has always struck me as a celebration of individualism. No symmetrical, esthetically-balanced flag for us! We are non-symmetrical, unbalanced, individualists!