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Flag of the United States: Stripes
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The first time the Stars and Stripes flew in a Flag Day celebration was in Hartford, Conn., 1861, the first summer of the Civil War. In the late 1800s, schools held Flag Day programs to contribute to the Americanization of immigrant children, and the observance caught on with individual communities. As a patriotic custom, the Stars and Stripes still flies in front of schools when classes are in session.
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The Flag of the United States of America is the banner that was used on Earth to represent the United States of America in a variety of situations. The flag was ... known as the Stars and Stripes or Old Glory.
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The flag of the United States has 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes These 13 stripes stand for the 13 original states. The flag ... has a canton, a rectangle in the top left corner. The canton has one star for every state.
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The flag of Liberia bears a close resemblance, showing the ex–American-slave origin of the country. The Liberian flag has similar red and white stripes, though only 11 of them, as well as a blue square for the union, but with only a single large white star.
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