The History Of The American Flag

The American flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, with seven red stripes alternating among six white. In the upper left corner there is a rectangular blue space that contains fifty white stars. The thirteen stripes symbolize the thirteen original colonies of the United states of America and the stars represent the fifty states of the Union. White is said to symbolize purity and innocence. Red symbolizes strength and courage, and blue symbolizes vigilance, perseverance and justice. The flag in simple words is a piece of cloth that has meaning. The flag stands for everything in our country’s past.

In my paper I will be discussing the Confederate Flag and its controversy in history and in todays views. The Confederate flag has been a negative symbol in American society since the 1800’s. It has been only recently that the Confederate flag has been brought back to life as a contemporary issue. In recent times the flag has been used as a motivation for racial strikes and other rebellious acts bring the issues of the flag and the controversy behind it back to life. The major questions I seek to answer in this essay it why the controversy of the Confederate flag only been brought back up recently and why the confederate flag was created the way it was. And the overall motivation behind its creation. The Confederate flag has only recently been brought back as an issue because of the recent racial attacks and an overall rebellious acts that swear under the confederate flag, back in the early 1860’s the confederate flag was first used to represent the southern states because the south was wanting to secede from the northern states. Because of the major shooting in Charleston controversy behind the confederate flag sparked back up. Major retailers like Walmart and Amazon and stopping the sale of the Confederate flag because of its growing symbol of racism. The Confederate flag has shifted from being viewed as the southern states to viewed as a symbol of racism. what does the future hold for the confederate flag and will it become a rare item?

Within the United States of America, arguments, involving the Confederate Flag, are solved every sngle day. However, some controversies have managed to carry on from the 1800’s until present day without any solution. The text and symbolic meaning behind the “Confederate Flag” is a perfect example. The Confederate Flag is one of America’s most embattled symbolic controversies. Created in 1861in a battle between the South, Confederates, and the North, Union, two men by the name P.G.T. Beauregard and Congressman William P. Miles designed and created a flag that would represent the true southern pride and demands that would not only bring about conflict with one half of the nation but also with our American society today.

The united states flag has been a big part of history since the beginning. patriotism also played an important part in the war. Betsy Ross made the first american flag. The flag has changed quite a bit since the design of the flag. For example the number of stars.

Over The course of time the Confederate flag has Flown in Historical battles and supported those men who went to was and fought to death under the flags stars and bars the confederate flag has even been bashed by those who may not fully understand the flag and its meaning in history. Before all of this began, a man named Nicola Marschall founded the first version of the confederate flag also known as the Stars and Bars this version of the flag was soon removed because it looked like the American flag and it was soon captured by the Union Army at Columbia. After this happened, we soon made yet another version of the flag also known

Despite popular belief the Confederate flag we know today was not the flag of the Confederacy during the civil war. There were quite a few flags before the “stars and bars” we know of today. The flag we see today was originally the battle flag of the Northern Virginia army, led by General Robert E. Lee. Before adopting the stars and bars as the official flag, the Confederacy used a flag with seven stars and three red and white stripes. Once the number of states in the Confederacy increased to thirteen and they used the same design with thirteen stars. As the war was coming to a close, the Virginia battle flag became more popular. The flag was added to a white and red flag but some thought that looked too much like a white flag of surrender so the leaders decided to take out the white and red stripes and white background, and simply made the flag the “stars and bars” we know of today. (AHO, Web.

The drama of the flag began back in August 1831 when a young sea captain named William Driver was enjoying his birthday and a promotion as the shipmaster of the brig Charles Doggett, based at Salem, Mass. Family and friends presented Driver with a large American flag with 24 stars. When he unfurled it for the first time, he exclaimed “Old Glory!” so the legend goes.

It was not introduced to the State House until 1962. In 1994, the NAACP tried to have it removed by way of a boycott, but 6 years later in a “compromise” it was decided that the flag would not fly “on” the capital, but next to it. Part of the compromise, however, was that the flag was named a symbol of the state and it would take a two-thirds majority vote in the state's house and senate in order to ever have it removed.

This flag would become the official flag of the new United State of America. “The flag had thirteen stars and thirteen stripes to represent the thirteen colonies that won the Revolutionary War and became the United States of America. Today the flag has fifty stars to represent the fifty States of America; however, the thirteen stripes still remain to represent the thirteen colonies of Betsy Ross’s time” (Palazzo-Craig, 2004).

The Confederate Battle Flag replaced the Stars and Bars in order to try and avoid confusing on the battle field. The Confederate Battle Flag had a cross of eleven white starts in the top right of the flag that represented all eleven confederate states plus Kentucky and Missouri. This flag is the most commonly looked upon flag of the confederacy (Confederate).

The American flag not only stands for pride, freedom, and strength but the colors on the flag have a meaning behind them that all Americans should understand. In a description of the flag on a website dedicated solely to the Flag of the United States of America is states "The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice" (US Flag 2005). The flag was not just thrown together to represent the country but also have a true meaning behind them. The stars and stripes on the flag have both an exact meaning but also have the meaning of

How many people in America can claim the first American flag? One and her name is Betsy Ross. Betsy Ross made the very first American flag. Betsy Ross’s early life, adult life and contribution to the Revolutionary War are all in this story.

People remember who wrote the Declaration of Independence, famous people that fought in war. Without Betsy Ross there would be no American flag.

The grand union flag, also known as the congress flag, and the continental colors, had the 13 original red and white stripes as the American flag has today. On the other hand, instead of the 50 stars, in the top left, the grand union flag had the Britain's flag, which resembled the ST. George's, and ST. Andrew's cross. But what you might have not known, is that both cross resembled for different locations. For example, ST. George's cross was created for England, and ST. Andrew's cross, was made for Scotland.

The Star - Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key as he watched his fellow Americans stand strong in their darkest hour. For over twenty four hours Fort McHenry was bombarded by British Navy, but the American troops fought, and so did their families. The Americans rallied around the singular flag that stood high in the fort, and a flag that was a target for the British armada. They planned to destroy the flag to disrupt moral, but the Americans refused to let it fall. They used that singular flag as motivation, and motivation that eventually won them the battle. The flag still holds the same purpose today. To remember those who have fought, or are currently fighting in our armies. It also serves as a source of pride, motivation, and patriotism towards our country. Knowing what our flag means to our history and our country, we can’t possibly keep letting our countries source of pride be disrespected by those attempting to promote their own cause. Are nations athletes that choose to display their displeasure with our nation’s current state, and disrespect what our flag means for our country.