I am doing a report and need ideas for what does the US flag mean? please help?

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I am doing a report and need ideas for what does the US flag mean? please help?

Answer 1

It represents contradiction.  

It is said to be a symbol of freedom, yet there are a ridiculous amount of rules.

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq....

The American Flag is what happens when a good idea (freedom) is exploited by a hyperpatriotic semibrainwashed country.  

I am sorry for offending any American readers, but it's better that you know.

Answer 2

The flag of the United States of America consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states and the 13 stripes represent the original Thirteen Colonies that rebelled against the British Crown and became the first states in the Union

Apart from the numbers of stars and stripes representing the number of current and original states, respectively, and the union with its stars representing a constellation, there is no legally defined symbolism to the colors and shapes on the flag. However, folk theories and traditions abound; for example, that the stripes refer to rays of sunlight and that the stars refer to the heavens, the highest place that a person could aim to reach.

Tradition holds that George Washington proclaimed: "We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing Liberty."

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Answer 3

the first guy has the meaning of the looks but the reason we have a pledge for it is because the first night us Americans put the flag up it was raining hard and the flag stayed up the entire time. and it was showing our countries strength and so it is a symbol for America for our feelings, our strength, and our ability to sew!

Hope I help!

Answer 4

hes got it, select best answer for him :D

Answer 5

1. 13 stripes for 13 colonies

2. 50 stars for 50 states

3. Red means battle, blue means victory and white peace

4. Fraces Scott Key wrote the Star Spangle Banner

Some other keywords associated to the US flag might be the following:

Pride, Freedom, Liberty, Independence, International, Diplomacy etc.