It's the American Flag's Birthday Today, (2717 hits)

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To honor the birth of the Stars and Stripes, here are the 10 most important places it’s ever been.

1. Astronauts took a selfie with it on the Moon:

 

 

Image Credit; AFP – Stringer

2. The Battle of Iwo Jima:

 

 

Image Credit: Wikipedia

3. With 9/11 firefighters working at ‘Ground Zero':

4. Right behind President Ronald Reagan before he told Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!”:

 

 

Image Credit: AFP

5. At the liberation of Dachau, which was the first Nazi concentration camp:

 

 

Image Credit: U.S. Army – 42nd “Rainbow” Infantry Division

6. In the hands of this soldier who felt that Saddam’s statue was in need of a makeover:

 

 

Image Credit: AFP – Ramzi Haidar

7. Fort McHenry

 

 

Francis Scott Key was inspired to write “The Star Spangled Banner” in 1812 after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore. Key was moved to write the words when, in the wake of the bombardment, he saw the flag still stood.

Today, the flag flies 24/7 at Fort McHenry:

8. Beside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech:

 

 

Image Credit: Black Past

9. At every homecoming for our soldiers who just returned from war:

10. And draped over the coffin of a hero who didn’t make it home:

 

 

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