March 2018 Flag of the U.S. INTRODUCTION Don’t know about the flag much? Well‚ don’t worry‚ because I’m here to help you learn various facts and symbolism about the U.S flag. Read on through as I tell you about the flag that has lasted 200 years. History of Changes This was the first unofficial flag of the U.s. hoisted on a 23-metre liberty pole at Prospect Hill in Somerville‚ Massachusetts‚ which was lifted by General Washington on Jan. 1‚ 1776. There has been many changes to our flag to how we
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The Importance of Flag Detail In today’s society‚ the American flag is a symbol of freedom‚ liberty‚ and justice among a number of other values. As Americans‚ we value the flag for its representation during the revolutionary war and the everlasting significance of today. As soldiers‚ we pledge to honor‚ serve‚ and protect the flag and the United States of America at all cost. In this paper‚ the relationship between the American flag and the United States Army will be explored through the
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community is their flag. Moreover‚ A flag represents the unity of a group to whomever falls under it. To many people’s surprise‚ cities have flags however the flag design for most cities tend to be inadequate to basic flag design principles‚ unlike country flags. There’s a study for flags‚ it’s called Vexillology and there happens to be a group of flag experts in the U.S and Canada by the name of the Northern American Vexillological Association to do with issues regarding inadequate flag design. Why are
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burning the flag has been protected under the First Amendment. Many attempts throughout the years have been made to overrule that decision.(Garbus Martin) In 1968‚ the Federal Flag Desecration Law was enacted. It prohibited any action of “contempt” against the flag. (Flag Burning and Desecration) Many Americans sacrifice their lives to keep our American Flag flying. Although many believe burning the American Flag is okay‚ it should be illegal. Some people believe that burning the flag as protest
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Goldfish Would You Wish ” by Etgar Keret‚ and lastly “ American Flag Stands for Tolerance” by Ronald J. Allen. Barbara Johnson’s quote “we as human beings‚ must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves ties into these passages. Us humans should accept Johnson in “ Texas v Johnson” even though his expressions differ from one another. On pages 1 and 2 of page 1‚ stated “ We decline therefore‚ to create for the flag an exception to the joust of principles protected by the 1st amendment
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The Impact of Globalisation on the Australian Economy Globalisation refers to the process of increased integration between different countries‚ (too many ‘and’) economies and the increased impact of international influences on all aspects of life and economic activity. ( u need a better definition of globalization.) Globalisation The process of globalization involves growing economic integration and interdependence among nations. This can be reflected in increasing actual movement across nations
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Cabinet on television‚ radio talk show or in the newspaper; or publicly protest against the government tax policy. However‚ Free Speech protection becomes debatable when some American citizens burn the nation’s flag to express their disagreement to the government. The act of burning the American Flag should be constitutionally protected under the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause because the act is a symbolic expression that communicates an individual’s idea or opinion about his nation; and that the
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What the flag means to me it means freedom because we have people out there fighting for our freedom. It means courage to me. Because there are people taking the chance to die for our country. It means justice to me. We have a jail for all the bad people. It means war for all the bad people. And it means war for the blood for all soldiers on the flag the red. It means life for us. Because if we didn’t have people fighting for us we would all be dead or slaves. It means civilization. Because we have
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interpretation of the Australian colonies is that‚ it was a period of harsh and brutal forced labor‚ where convicts were treated as human commodities and labor was extracted by punishment. Convicts were subjected to various types of reprimands such as shortened rations‚ leg-irons‚ being placed on treadmills‚ head shavings‚ floggings‚ execution and forced transportation to penal stations‚ which was a place of secondary punishment. These punishments meted out in the Australian colonies came in various
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were the delegates‚ of the constitution put together a plan for a stronger federal government that would not only benefit their own time‚ but also benefit the centuries to come. There is a lack of success in passing an amendment; for example‚ banning flag burning. The history of the constitution gives us an idea of why it is relatively difficult to amend the U.S. Constitution. The plan was designed to embrace a federal system of government. Checks and balances were incorporated so that they did not
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