US: 250 Years Later – Part 54: The Flag
In 1776, America did not yet possess the familiar Stars and Stripes that hangs in classrooms and waves over stadiums today. The young nation was still discovering what it was becoming, and its earliest flags reflected uncertainty, rebellion, and competing identities. Two hundred and fifty years later, the American flag remains one of the most recognizable symbols on Earth, carrying history, sacrifice, disagreement, hope, and memory stitched into every star and stripe. This letter follows America’s changing relationship with its flag and asks whether the power of symbols lives in fabric itself… or in the stories people pour into it.
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