what is the big deal with the american flag?

Question

this country is so patriotic and the people are very serious when it comes to the flag. i'm in a military school and we were learning about the flag and how it should be treated at all times. to me the flag just represents the united states of america but why do people treat it like a god?

Answer 1

People have bled, died and sacrificed everything for what that flag stands for.

Answer 2

The flag represents more than just the USA. It is our history rolled into one symbol. It represents the blood (red) shed by our soldiers from the Revolutionary War to the present. The stars represent each individual state. The 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies. The blue field with the 50 stars represents the union of all 50 states. It stands for the freedoms we enjoy in this country, including your right to think it's "just a flag." I pray that during your years of study you will come to see it as a symbol of all we hold dear. I've never heard anyone say the flag is treated like a god. What an unusual perspective.

Answer 3

The flag is not a God, it is a symbol of all that is the United States. It is a symbol of those who have come before us and fought for this country, at Taps does it not bring a tear to your eye as you hear it? Just as when hearing the bagpipes for someone who has fallen does it not envoke feeling? I grew up military, knowing people who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the country so that others can live in freedom and question everything. The flag represents my friends, family and everyone else in this country. Why havent you been taught why we are patriotic, and why are you just now learning about the flag, you should have known about the flag a long time ago.

Answer 4

I would not say people treat the flag like god because god is a belief in one's religion but I will say this my friend.


The flag of the United States consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies. The United States flag is commonly called "the Stars and Stripes" or "Old Glory," with the latter nickname coined by Captain William Driver, a 19th century shipmaster.

Because of its symbolism, the starred blue canton of the U.S. national flag is called the "union." This part of the national flag also serves as a flag in its own right: the Union Jack used as a maritime flag. The Union Jack served as the naval jack for U.S. warships until 2002, when it was replaced by the First Navy Jack as part of the War on Terrorism. However, the Union Jack continues to be used as a jack by U.S. vessels outside the Navy, including those of the U.S. Coast Guard and NOAA.

The national flag is exceptionally widely used within the United States, and is frequently displayed, not only on public buildings, but on private residences, as well as iconically in forms such as decals for car windows, and clothing ornaments such as badges and lapel pins.

Many citizens understand the flag to represent the freedoms and rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights and perhaps most of all to be a symbol of individual and personal liberty as set forth in the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Through the Pledge of Allegiance and other political uses the flag has also come to be associated with American nationalism, patriotism, and even militarism. The flag is a complex and contentious symbol, around which emotions run high.

Answer 5

If you can't learn this in military school I don't know where you'll learn it. It symbolizes our country and what we stand for. To disrespect our flag is to disrespect our country. A bit ritualistic yes but what are ya gonna do? Be a flag burning hippie which would also be ritualistic.

Answer 6

You need to treat the flag with respect because it represents the people who fought so hard for us to be free. People often forget how lucky we are to live in this country.

Answer 7

I guess to many folks it represents sacrifices and hopes and dreams and a chance for life and liberty and a new opportunity to live free of tyranny and torture and death and hopelessness.
Is America perfect? Nope.
Do we feed people we don't agree with, or those who we do not care for, into wood chippers? Nope.
Do entire families come here to escape certain death at the hands of others who would blow them to bits with artillery shells or bomb belts? Yep.
Do we post snipers on the ridge to kill children on their way to get water or to the mosque or synagogue? Not so much.
Do we stand by and watch as others take the symbol of our nation for whom so many have given their lives and limbs and burn it in the name of "free speech" Why yes we do.
Does it tear our guts out when we see that take place on American campuses? Why yes it does.
Do you know anyone who has come to this country to escape the things I've described? Probably not.
Do tears come to my eyes sometimes when I see Old Glory flying gracefully in a gentle breeze? Sometimes, yes.
You? Probably not.
Is that okay with me? Yes it is.
Is our flag a god? No.
But sometimes it reminds me of God's grace and mercy and gentle compassion that most Americans know and take for granted.
All I ask is that you treat my flag with respect. Don't burn it. Don't wear it. Don't walk on it. Just let it fly.
Let it remind others where they came from and what they survived before they first stepped on free American soil.
Let it remind me what God has done for me everyday of my life. Let it inspire you.
But don't worship it.

Don't!

Answer 8

what the **** is wrong with you people have died over fighting for america and the flag represents that think before you ask questions like that

Answer 9

How am I supposed to know, I wipe myself with the American flag, and the flags of all countries on earth as well.

Answer 10

This us of a isn't what you think of this is. it is run via huge bankers. Our 'elected' officers are puppets. conflict is a huge earnings centre for bankers and industrialists. carry on with the money. They stir human beings up and divide the country into the haves and characteristic-nots, black and white, republican v democrat. The flag is incomprehensible alongside with the word 'God bless usa'.

Answer 11

pay attention to what each part of the flag means, it in summary represents the men who bled and died to create a nation based on individual freedom and where government is controlled by the people instead of controlling the people.