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#8091
06-27-2019, 11:24 PM
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 As the greatest emblem of our nation, it's important to take the proper steps to ensure the flag is displayed correctly. For example, it can't be displayed at night unless it's illuminated; if on a flagpole, it must be raised quickly and lowered slowly; always display the flag with the blue corner up; and don't fly the flag during adverse weather conditions. 
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#8092
06-27-2019, 11:26 PM
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 The tale of Betsy Ross as the creator of the American flag didn't start circulating until 1870 when her grandson, William Canby, told the Historical Society of Pennsylvania the family's oral history. While there's no definitive proof, recorded government payments to Ross seem to verify the story.
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#8093
06-27-2019, 11:30 PM
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 There Have Been 27 Official Versions of the Flag Each have had a different number of stars in the blue union. And while the official original flag contained 13 stripes and 13 stars, symbolizing the first colonies, the flag didn't always have 13 stripes. In 1794, Kentucky and Vermont were added to the Union, resulting in a 15-stripe flag.
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#8094
06-27-2019, 11:32 PM
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 The Largest American Flag in the World Is Called Superflag It measures 255 by 505 feet and weighs 3,000 pounds. Taking 600 people to unfurl, it's appeared at the Super Bowl and World Series, as well as military events and parades.
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#8095
06-27-2019, 11:33 PM
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 The first annual Flag Day celebration was established by President Woodrow Wilson on June 14, 1917, when American soldiers were heading to join the Allied forces during World War I. The day commemorates the official adoption of the US flag by Congress, which happened on June 14, 1777.
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#8096
06-27-2019, 11:36 PM
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 The Great Star Pattern is any early version of the American flag, designed by a US Navy captain around 1818, where the stars are arranged in a star formation. While it was popular during the Civil War, it was never officially adopted by Congress.
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#8097
06-27-2019, 11:43 PM
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I know many of you like to get involved in barn find cars. Well . . . there is another method to finding "one man's trash is another man's treasure." That would be Garage Sales.
No guarantee you will strike it rich as a few have . . . but you never know and out of pocket cash is minimal.  Purchased for $3 at a Garage Sale, this turned out to be a Northern Song Dynasty Bowl. It sold at auction for $2 million!
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#8098
06-27-2019, 11:48 PM
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 When British businessman Andy Fields bought a child's drawing at a Las Vegas yard sale (for $5) in 2010, he had no idea that the kid in question was pop-art pioneer Andy Warhol. Worth $2 million
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#8099
06-27-2019, 11:52 PM
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 Purchased at a GS in Hurley, NM for $2 this 1905 Tiffany Studios Peacock Mirror is worth $25,000
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#8100
06-27-2019, 11:54 PM
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