TAKEBACKTHEFLAG
Tools - Make your own flag
George
Washington's original pencil
sketch for the flag indicated 6-pointed stars, a form he apparently
preferred.
Betsy Ross,
however, recommended a 5-pointed star. When the committee protested that it
was too difficult to make, she took a piece of paper, folded it deftly, and
with a single snip of her scissors, produced a symmetrical five-pointed
star. This seeming feat of magic so impressed her audience that they readily
agreed to her suggestion.
The
US History site passes along the secret, with thanks for the full
set of instructions from the Betsy Ross House. And while you're there, look
for information on correct flag proportions.
Betsy Ross Homepage
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy
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A
Flag for the Internet
Interactive flag creation site.
Take time to see what others have done in the history section. Add your own
ideas.
Explore and alter the net.flag on the web page created by Mark Napier (American, contemporary), new media artist, sponsored by the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum, NY.
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The Center for the Study of Political Graphics has posted an exhibition of posters in which American flags have been used to embrace the ideals on which this country was founded, court controversy and dissent, or achieve both simultaneously. This site is worth a thorough exploration.
http://www.politicalgraphics.org/home.html
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ArtLex,
created by Michael Delahunt, is an online dictionary of the graphic arts. Go
to the URL below. The Index is always on the left. Search it for 'flag'.
You'll get more information than you ever hoped for.
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