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The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
The flag we fly today is not how it appeared two centuries ago. The original flag, created in 1776, was designed with 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the 13 American colonies.
Wigwag (more formally, aerial telegraphy) is an historical form of flag signaling that passes messages by waving a single flag. It differs from flag semaphore in that it uses one flag rather than two, and the symbols for each letter are represented by the motion of the flag rather than its position. The larger flag and its motion allow messages ...
The flag waving invokes the spirit of patriotism that emerged immediately following the 9/11 attacks. "Today is about remembrance," retired veteran David Tucker, said. "We remember the people that ...
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It was a sea of symbolism that day from American flags to Nazi imagery, Confederate flags, the Gadsden flag. ... People were wearing symbols and waving flags that scream silent messages all on ...