Happy Birthday to the American Flag, which was first flown in 1777. Many folks these days are trying to replace it with other, more trendy, and more so-called relevant flags. But our flag, “Old Glory,” will never go out of style. In my mind, it only takes three colors to make a rainbow. George Washington marched into Yorktown to receive the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781, just four years after the flag he carried was invented. It was invented by a nation that itself was just invented. That particular flag flew over Fort McHenry in the War of 1812 when no one thought it would last. A song that we sing to this day was inspired by its survival. Our early Navy flew that flag on its vessels when they confronted pirates and would-be invaders. That flag was raised in dangerous, remote frontier outposts and went to battle in …
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