The Stars and Stripes

Driving home, I saw new flags at the entrance of our house. My wife had replaced the old worn-out flag. I thought of the two flags as symbolizing freedom and opportunity for my two children on this Inauguration Day for President Obama. I quizzed my children about the U.S. flag and what the 50 stars represented. My son said, "The United States." I said that's right--each star stands for one of the 50 states. I asked them what the 13 stripes symbolized, and after a few guesses, I said they symbolized the 13 original colonies of the United States.

The flag symbolizes the nation, and the nation is composed of people, so the flag is all about the people including the desires and dreams and hopes of the people.