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N O T A L W A Y S R ED , W H I T E A N D B LU E D id y o u k n o w that the colors of the American flag were not al ways red, white, and blue? Once we had a yellow banner, and once there was a white flag with a green tree on it. One flag had a white snake, repre sented as poised for stinging, and an other time there was a flag with a brown snake stretched diagonally across it. There were numbers of so-called “American” flags that were used on various occasions before the present “Old Glory” was formally adopted, by Congress. The American troops carried a flag at Bunker Hill — a deep blue flag with a red cross on white ground in the corner and between the upper arms of the cross a small green pine tree, a sign of everlasting strength. This was in 1775, and later that year there were several other flags hoisted over American troops. One of the most beautiful of these was a banner of deep blue with a white crescent in the corner. The word “Liberty” was written on the lower edge of this flag in memory of Patrick Henry’s famous “ liberty or death” speech. The Grand Union flag, featuring 13 red and white stripes, one for each colony, was carried in 1776 by the newly-formed Continental army. In 1777, almost a year after the Declaration of Independence, the Con tinental Congress adopted the Betsy Ross banner with its 13 stars and stripes. Two more stripes were added in 1795, honoring the admission of Vermont and Kentucky into the Un ion. However, the practice of adding stripes was soon discontinued and the flag reverted to 13 bars. A star con tinued to be added for each new state. The 48-star field came into being with the admission of Arizona in 1912. Two more stars have since been added to honor Alaska and Hawaii.
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