The Flag : The Stars And Stripes, American Flag, By Yasmin Sabina Khan

A statue constructed in the name of liberty arose from the expansive Atlantic more than a century ago. The values of equality and justice coupled with the promises of freedom remain immoveable like the cooper medium and the stone foundation of which the statue arises. An icon ingrained it the spirit of the United States, the Statue of Liberty is the physical representation of American ideals. It is the “light of liberty” that illuminates the path for the “tired,” and the “poor,” seeking shelter from the shadows of tyranny and persecution. The statue has been symbol of hope in a better future and a new beginning to immigrants seeking a fresh start. Ideals, along with the symbols that represent them, however are merely man made. And like the

"The flag is the symbol of our national unity, transcending all internal differences, however large, within the framework of the Constitution. This Court has had occasion to say that … 'it signifies government resting on the consent of the governed; liberty regulated by law; the protection of the weak against the strong; security against the exercise of arbitrary power; and absolute safety for free institutions against foreign aggression (26).'”

The leaves were changing color and falling around me in a twisting dance; a whirlwind of a fire’s colors displaced by the wind. It was beautiful. A man dressed in a suit with shiny medals walked over to me, “Would you like to hold a flag in the ceremony?” I nodded my head so much I felt dizzy afterwards. I’ve been looking forward to this, I thought, with a cheeky grin spreading over my face, bouncing up and down behind him. The man showed me a towering flag that was twice my size. As I carefully observed the cloth and colors, I realized that it wasn’t the American Flag. I pouted up at the flag, trying to use my eyes to change its form, the same way I had seen a superhero do in a cartoon I had watched. It didn’t work. I tried again, maybe if

First I would like to include some information about our american flag and how it came about. In the British colonies of North America before the Revolution, each of the 13 colonies had its flag. On Jan. 2, 1776, the first flag of the United States was raised at Cambridge, Mass., by George Washington. Known as the Grand Union flag, it consisted of 13 stripes, alternate red and white, with a blue canton bearing the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew. Congress, on June 14, 1777, enacted a resolution “that the Flag of the United States be 13 stripes alternate red and white, that the Union be 13 stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation.” On Jan. 13, 1794, Vermont and Kentucky having been admitted to the Union,

Each color on the American flag symbolizes a different thing. The American flag consists of three colors, red, white, and blue. The colors of the American flag are also included in the Great Seal of the United States of America. No one knows the exact date that the colors of the American flag were adopted but they were first seen around 1782. According to Duane Streufert in What do the colors of the Flag mean?, the color red on the American flag symbolizes hardiness and valour. The color red symbolizes hardiness to stay strong and healthy in the Constitution. Also, the color red symbolizes valour for courage or bravery in battle. Also, according to Duane Streufert in What do the colors of the Flag mean?, the color white symbolizes purity and innocence.

Do you known what our flag means? Well I do. I have three great words that will tell you what it means to me. First I think of spirit of our country that ever one should have with them as long as they live. Spirit should also show that you are American no matter where you are in the world. Spirit should never leave you even if our country is going through a bad war. Pride is the second word that comes to my mind. Pride means to me that all the soldiers who fight or who are fighting in wars have pride for country so that they can keep ever on safe. Pride should not just be kept in you should let our pride out and show pride for being in freedom. Pride is what also should show that you are a true American anywhere you go in our life. The last

It is represented with the United States flag. This is an important item to the United States that’s

Freedom, one of the things the US flag stands for me is freedom. The freedom to say anything that’s on my mind, to believe in whatever I want without having someone threatening me like in other countries. The freedom and peace of knowing that I can go to sleep and wake up calmly thanks to the amazing, brave heroes we have fighting for our countries rights.

The American people are involved with the American Flag daily in some sort of way. Children do the daily pledge giving honor to the flag called The National Anthem. Growing up as a child the flag meant to me blood, sweat, and tears. The blood, sweat, and tears explains the hard times the American people have been through, the hard work that is put in to make the Untied States a better place, and the soldiers that has fought for us. Maybe after reading this research paper it will help you as much as it has helped me to understand the importance of the flag.

When the flag was first adopted as the national symbol on June 14, 1777 it received very little interest or public display. Not until the outbreak of the Civil War nearly 80 years later did it become an object of public adoration to the North. After the Civil War the flag became increasingly visible with the commercialization of a wide range of products, modern advertising developed from the rapid postwar industrialization. It was then in 1890, union veterans began to protest the use the American flag in what they considered commercial debasement (Goldstein, 2006). They argued such commercial use would degrade the significance of both the flag and the patriotism among the public. Sometime after 1900 the threat shifted from commercial concern to being used as a means of expressing radical protest.

The American flag means a lot to me in so many different words, and so here are some of the words that mean a lot to me when I see the flag. The first word I think of when I see the flag is the word hope, because hope means to believe in yourself and that you can be successful in life.

This would start to change during the War of 1812. Often referred to as the “Second War of Independence,” the conflict inspired a fresh wave of patriotism in a generation too young to remember the Revolution. When Key declared that “our flag was still there,” he fused the physical symbol of the nation with universal feelings of patriotism, courage, and resilience. By giving the flag a starring role in one of the most celebrated victories of the war, Francis Scott Key’s song established a new prominence for the flag as an expression of national identity, unity, and pride. And by giving it a name—that Star-Spangled Banner—Key transformed the official emblem into something familiar and evocative, a symbol that Americans could connect with and

The United States flag to me stands for freedom. We are one of the only countries to have freedom. I am very proud of that and I can't wait until it is my turn to serve for the Navy. Every year after Veteran's Day I feel like I need to be serving. All of the elders that have served for this country just makes me get sad. When I serve for the Navy and I will do everything in my way to keep that flag up. I will take a thousand bullets and still keep that flag up in the sky. The Iwo Jima was really hard to take in when I saw that. My eyes were tearing up and I was standing with my hand to my eyes looking at the flag. It is amazing that our country's flag has done so much. I will serve from 4 years - to the end of my life to keep

Flags of Our Fathers was written by James Bradley and co-written by Ron Powers. The book was first published by Bantam Books in 2000. Flags of Our Fathers is a nonfiction story containing 376 pages, this including the index and bibliography. Flags of Our Fathers tells a story of the six comrades who raised the American Flag in WWII at the battle of Iwo Jima. The story being told by James Bradley who was one of the sons of John Bradley, one of the six men who raised the flag. After reading Flags of Our Fathers, I thought the book was very unique and moving. Especially with all the different themes that were contained in the book including: mother, religious faith, the tension between boyhood and manhood, heroism, misguided media, individuals

There are few objects that can be compared to the significance of the figure known as the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the greatest works of its time and still stands today as a meaningful entity of independence to the world. The statue is a great tribute to the concept of global freedom that had its roots in America. It was created to display the worldwide objective of peace and tranquility. The fact that another model of this icon stands today in a world capital shows the effect that this figure has inscribed upon the world. In addition, it represents the ideas that the United States was built upon and those that the people have lived by to this very day. Its most paramount features in its role through American history are its