The people who came over in the
Mayflower were under the flag which
had tlie red cross of St. George on it.
Then a good many different (lags
were used until the Revolutionary
war began.
After the Revolutionary war the
American Congress thought or resolv
ed "that these united colonies of ours,
had a right to lie free and independ
ent states.” Then cattle the Declara
tion of Independence. The present
(lag was not adopted until June 14,
1777.
The arrangement of the (lag was
to be thirteen stripes alternate red
and white and the union thirteen
s'ars, white in a field of blue. The
stars suggested a symbol of harmony
and the stripes suggested the origi
nal form of the tnirteon states to
maintain the Declaration of Independ
ence. Americans rightly claim that
their flag is the most beautiful flag in
the world.
The symbolism of the colors in the
(lair is as follows: Red represents
cor.rape, strength and valor. White
represents truth and purity, while
Hire represerrs loyalty and justice.
Some one else has pet it. "Every col
or of the has means liberty, every
thread of the flag means liberty, ev
ery form of the star and beam and
stripe of light, means liberty. It is
rot. a t ainted raal I* is a whole na
tional history. It is the Constitution.
It is the government. It is the free
people that stand in the government.
