Lately I’ve visited the United States with a group of teachers and students from my school.
In American schools the day begins with the solemn ceremony of raising the American Flag.
13 stripes represent the first original American colonies. The stars in the flag white on the deep blue background represent the number of states making up the United States. Today it has 50 stars, one for each state, and 13 stripes, one for each of the original states.
Red stands for courage, white for purity, and blue for justice.