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“Stars And Stripes?
The “Stars and Stripes” was adopted as the national flag of the Uf S. on June 14, 1777, by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress.
But why red, white and blue?
World Boole Encyclopedia says the Founding Fathers may have been influenced by the flag of the British East India Company, a group of merchants organized for exploration and trade. Their flag bore seven red and six white stripes.
In 1782 the Li. S. Department of State explained the colors this way: red stands for hardiness and courage, white is a symbol of purity and innocence, and blue is the color of vigilance, perseverance and justice. According to a legend, however, George Washington gave us a more dramatic explanation when he reportedly said: We take the stars and blue uniform from Heaven, the red
from our mother country, separating it by white stripes,
thus showing we have separated
from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity
representing liberty.
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