| If you are an American and grew up
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| | hardiness and valor
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| attending school in the United States,
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| | * The Field - Blue for vigilance,
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| you were taught the lesson of how Betsy
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| | perseverance and justice
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| Ross sewed together the first American
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| | * The Star - "...a symbol of the
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| flag in 1776. But how many recall exactly
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| | heavens and the divine goal to which man
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| what the stripes, the stars and the
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| | has aspired from time immemorial; the
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| colors represent?
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| | stripe is symbolic of the rays of light
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| Believe it or not, the colors red, white,
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| | emanating from the sun."
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| and blue didn't have any significance
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| | In 1777, the number of stripes was
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| when the flag was adopted in 1777. The
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| | congressionally mandated to stand at
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| Continental Congress actually passed a
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| | thirteen to represent the original
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| resolution on July 4, 1776 which
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| | thirteen colonies, however, designs
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| authorized a committee to come up with a
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| | throughout America still varied greatly.
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| seal for the United States of America.
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| | A hero of the War of 1812 and Naval
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| That committee was instructed to create a
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| | Officer named Samuel Chester Reid got
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| design that reflected the Founding
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| | together with New York Congressman Peter
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| Fathers' beliefs of values and
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| | H. Wendover in 1818 and initiated a bill
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| independence for the new Nation. It
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| | to establish uniformity for the design of
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| wasn't until the seal was completed and
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| | the American flag. Samuel Reid was the
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| approved on June 20, 1782 that the
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| | person who actually suggested that stars
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| national colors and symbols on the
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| | be added as new states were admitted into
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| American flag had any defined meaning.
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| | the Union. That bill was passed on April
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| The explanation for the flag's design,
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| | 4, 1818.
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| taken from a book written by the House of
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| | Over the years, there have been
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| Representatives during that time, is as
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| | twenty-seven versions of the flag. The
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| follows:
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| | current design dates to July 4, 1960,
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| * The Stripes - White to denote purity
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| | when Hawaii became the United States of
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| and innocence - Red to represent
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| | America's 50th state.
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