"The very colors have a language which was officially recognized by our fathers. White is for purity, red for valor, blue for justice; and all together-bunting, stripes, stars, and colors, blazing in the sky-make the flag of our country to be cherished by all our hearts, to be upheld by all our hands." (Charles Sumner) I love the flag of the United States of America! LONG MAY SHE WAVE!!
"It is a piece of bunting lifted in the air; but it speaks sublimely, and every part has a voice. Its stripes of alternate red and white proclaim the original union of thirteen states to maintain the Declaration of Independence. Its stars of white on a field of blue, proclaim that union of states constituting our national constellation, which receives a new star with every new state. The two together signify union past and present." (Charles Sumner)
