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George Washington describes the meaning of the U.S. flag to the Marquis de Lafayette and other French and American officers in a painting produced circa 1918 by E. Percy Moran. Library of Congress photo

The American Flag

George Washington describes the meaning of the U.S. flag to the Marquis de Lafayette and other French and American officers in a painting produced circa 1918 by E. Percy Moran. Library of Congress photo

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