We the everyone loves and honor the Stars and Stripes but haven’t mastered its entire truth

A artwork by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (circa 1920) of Betsy Ross and George Washington (far left)

Americans love our banner. We show it at concerts and stadiums to commemorate, as well as times during the nationwide tragedy showing our resolve.

We now have our schoolchildren pledge allegiance to it; we now have consecrated it within our national anthem; we have actually any occasion, Flag Day, to honor it every June 14, also get it on prominent display for the Fourth of July.

Yet the iconography and reputation for the American banner, specially its very early history, are infused with myth and misrepresentation. Listed here are five of the very most myths that are prevalent. […]

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