American seamstress Betsy Ross showing the first design of the American flag to George Washington in Philadelphia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The family and friends of the assassinated American President John F. Kennedy mourning his death. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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This 20 July 1969 file photo released by NASA shows astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. saluting the US flag on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 lunar mission. (Photo credit: NASA/AFP/Getty Images)
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The flag raised during the WWII Battle of Iwo Jima and made famous by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal is on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps November 2, 2006 in Triangle, Virginia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Small U.S. flags wave in the wind after being placed in front of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery during the Flag-In Ceremony ahead of the Memorial Day weekend May 24, 2007 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Specialist Jose Barreiro, of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, 'The Old Guard,' places a flag at a grave site during the 'Flags-In' ceremony May 26, 2016 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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A U.S. flag flies from a television antenna September 13, 2001 amid the rubble of the World Trade Center after an aircraft crashed into it September 11 as part of a terrorist attack. The antenna was once at the top of one of the 110 story twin towers. (Photo by FEMA/Getty Images)
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Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Cheney celebrate with the American flag after defeating Japan by a score of 2-1 to win the Women's Football gold medal match on Day 13 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium on August 9, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
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A memorial flag is illuminated near the spot on the side of the Pentagon that was hit by American Airlines Flight 77 on 9/11, September 11, 2007 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brandan W. Schulze/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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