My teacher had our class ask 15 people what the american flag symbolized to us and this picture is all the words that are symbolized by the american flag
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Have you ever wondered what you are saying while singing the Star-Spangled Banner? Well the first thing that you should know was that the Star-Spangled banner was written by Francis Scott Key after the intense battle of Ft. McHenry and it was at first a poem.
Here’s the original version:
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thru the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
What it is saying is:
can you see in the early morning light
We fought greatly at the last sight of the day
The flag flew through the whole fight of ft. McHenry.
We watched over the fortifications, the flag bold and floating
The redness of the rockets’ glare, the explosions of the bombs in the night sky
This gave us proof that the flag was still flying through the night
What does the flag say about the battle
For the country of the free and the homes of the brave people.
When it comes to fighting wars you usually only think about what it is about, where it took place and who’s fighting in it. Not many people think about the way they win battles and the strategies used to win battles. The war of 1812 was the forgotten war that we should learn more about. The weapons that were used in the war was the mustket and the most commonly used one was the brown bess. Bayonets, knives, cannons, swords and sometimes even their bare hands were used. Men fought and died using these weapons and they should be given our respect and we should take some time to learn about the them. Strategies were another important part of this war and all other wars. Some of the strategies used were to attack the flanks to make the enemy line vulnerable to attack. They would also cut off enemy resources in an attempt to make the enemy withdraw. You can’t be given victory but you can be given the tools and strategies to achieve it.
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Symbols are anywhere and everywhere. We see them everyday and even though you may not know it they effect your lives greatly. They are created when we need something to be represented. We create them because a symbol has more meaning than words. The American flag can be considered a sybol becase it symbolizes our counrty’s right to freedom and the union between the states and the rest of the nation along with the history of the country. The stars on the flag symbolizes the 50 states. The 13 stripes symbolize the original 13 Colonies.
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One of my passions is history. I have never really been to any historical places that I’ve learned about and I would love to visit some of these places like Gettysburg, the Alamo, and other famous places. When I first start reading about histoical events and it interests me then I find out more things about it like what it was about, who was involved, and what made those people do what they did. It interests me greatly because history is what our ancestors and forefathers left behind for us to find out. I would like to become a U.S. History teacher with the knowledge I have and the knowledge I can learn in the future. The thig that holds me back is that not many people in my age group like history and can find it boring. I beleive we should take time to remember what our ancestors have done for us to make our country the way it is today with so much freedom.