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The Meaning Behind America's Flags and Symbols
A historical survey links the U S flag to 13 stripes and stars and traces its symbolism through biblical imagery sun and stars pyramids and banners. It notes Betsy Ross the Grand Union flag the Star Spangled Banner and the Union jack era flags while highlighting the Seal on the dollar and the emblematic eagle scales and mottoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Caribbean
Earth
Bethlehem
Aleutian Islands
Maine
Israel
Moses
Egypt
Promised Land
Mt. Sinai
Tabernacle
Isaac Newton
St. George
John Cabot
Holy Land
England
George
Joseph of
Arimathaea
Jesus Christ
Jesus
God
St. Michael
Scotland
America
Jamestown Colony
St. Andrew
Washington
Britain
Gadsden
Europe
Asia
Betsy Ross
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Smithsonian Institute
Union
Confederacy
Giza
Pyramid of
Treasury