Flags of the World

The American flag, which has been a symbol of the United States for over two hundred years has an amazing history. In 1775, the colonist flag was flown on the ship named Alfred and the flag became known as the “Alfred Flag”. The flag eventually inspired the Pledge of Allegiance. Betsy Ross assembled a new flag in May of 1777. This flag had 13 alternating red and white stripes and 13 white stars on a blue background in the upper left hand corner. Red stands for hardiness, the white represents purity and innocence, the blue color symbolizes vigilance, perseverance, and justice. William Driver nick named this flag “Old Glory”. When a new state was added to the union another star was added as well. The flag has been flown in various locations that included, Robert Perry taking the flag and flying it at the North Pole, Barry Bishop placing it on Mt Everest, and Neil Armstrong setting it on the Moon. Daily, the flag is flown from sunrise to sunset. June 14 is celebrated as Flag Day. The History of the American Flag is fascinating.

There are several American symbols one being the flag the stripes symbolizing the thirteen territories and fifty stars identifying with the fifty states, it is displayed on national events, for example, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Independence Day. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of America that was seen by many emigrants arriving at Elis Island which represents freedom to those entering this country. The bald eagle is another symbol that represents the freedom of being part of the American culture.

For the research section of the cultural connections paper I chose to research a flag. I chose to research a flag because of how beautiful flags are. Flags are interesting to me because inside of a flag so many things are symbolized. In the U.S the flag has stars to symbolize the fifty states of the union. The alternating stripes symbolize the thirteen colonies. Red symbolizes Hardiness and Valor, white symbolizes Purity and Innocence, and blue represents Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice. (USAFLAG) After realizing what America went through and how the flag became to what it is today made me question how other cultures came up with their flags.

What does the Confederate flag represent? The flag was a symbol of the South during the Civil War. Also known as the Confederacy and the soldiers were nicknamed the Rebels. The design of the Confederate flag shows a lot of religious symbolism. The red on the flag represents the blood of Christ, the white boarder represents the protection of God. The blue x on the flag represents the Christian Cross of Saint Andrews who was the first Disciple of Jesus Christ. The 13 stars on the flag represents the 13 states who succeeded from the nation during the Civil War, and the first 13 colonies of America.

The Arizona flag has 13 stripes of red and yellow on the top half representing the 13 original states. The bronze star

The Pledge Of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by a man named Francis Bellamy for a children’s magazine called The Youth’s Companion. Mr. Bellamy wanted the flag to fly above every school in America so that children would feel pride and love for their country when reciting the words to the Pledge of Allegiance. That was before the recent September 11, 2001 attacks. The Pledge of Allegiance is a solemn oath of allegiance or fidelity to the U.S.

...cable. A country's flag is a symbol of more than "nationhood and national unity." It also signifies the ideas that characterize the society that has chosen that emblem as well as the special history that has animated the growth and power of those ideas.

...ish and earn their freedom. This flag led the American colonists to defeat the British Empire and to win the freedom we have today and to create the Declaration of Independence. The Constitutional Rights we have as Americans today all started with a snake in a Pennsylvania Gazette that read “JOIN or, DIE.”

Some people do not know the true meaning of the Confederate flag, the flag is a battle flag of the Confederacy and Virginia. Five southern states have a law protecting the flag. For some people the flag is south heritage. For others, it is linked to the Confederate war memorial, which sits next to the Confederate fallen soldiers. The meaning of the Confederate flag the flag was actually a battle flag of the Confederacy and the conference were fighting for slavery. The flag also was the battle flag of general Robert.E.Lee of the Virginia army. But supporters of the flag say they see it as a memorial to the slain Confederate soldiers (“What does the Confederate flag…”).

There are many rules to correctly displaying the flag of the United States of America.