Fumana iimyuziyam e-USA ukutyelela ukubona amaflegi adumile.
"Olubomvu, Omhlophe, noBlue." "Iinkwenkwezi kunye neentlobo." "Uzuko Oludala." "I-Star Spangled Banner."
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ubiza ntoni ifulegi yaseMerika, into eqinisekisiweyo: iflegi yaseUnited States enye yeeflegi zeempawu zehlabathi. Ifulethi yanamhlanje inemizila engama-13 ebomvu neyemhlophe, emele amakholoni angama-13, kunye neenkwenkwezi ezimhlophe ezingama-50 kwimvelaphi eluhlaza, ezifanekisela i-50. Ifulegi inobuninzi, kodwa amaninzi amaninzi alo myalezo obomvu, omhlophe, kunye nobuluhlaza uye wadlala inxalenye enkulu ekubunzeni eli hlanga kunye nembali yalo.
Amabali amaflegi e-United States, kunye namaflegi ngokwabo, agcinwa kwiimyuziyam ezininzi kwi-United States. Ukulandela ezinye zeeflegi ezidumileyo kwiimbali zaseMerika kunye nalapho zifunda khona malunga nabo.
Ibhendi yeBetsy Ross
I-Betsy Ross idityaniswa ngokuyila ifulegi yokuqala kwi-United States yase-United States ngo-1776. Ukuyila kwayo kwakuquka imivimbo ebomvu nemhlophe kunye neenkwenkwezi ezimhlophe ezi-13 ezihlelwe kwisangqa ngasemva. Ngomhla ka-Juni 14, 1777, iNkcazo yesiBini ye-Continental yamkela ifulegi yakhe kwaye ngaloo ndlela yasungula iNdiza yoMhlaba .
Ibhendi yeBetsy Ross ayisekho, kodwa ungayifumana i-replica kwaye ufunde kabanzi malunga negalelo likaBetsy Ross kwimbali yaseMerika kwiNdlu yaseBetsy Ross, ekhonza njengokomkhulu weMigubho yoSuku lwePlabathi ePhiladelphia. Ikhaya apho iRoss ibanjwe ngokubambisana kunye neflegi yokuqala ihotele kunye nabalingisi kwiimpahla zokugqoka.
I Star Spangled Banner
"I-Star Spangled Banner" yiyo, ingqungquthela yesizwe sika-United States of America. Kodwa libhekisela kwiflegi ehamba phezu kweFort McHenry eBaltimore ngexesha leMfazwe ka-1812, ekhuthaza uFrancis Scott Key ukuba abhale ingoma.
Namhlanje, i-Star Spangled Banner yasekuqaleni, eyayidla iinqwelo ezili-15 ngo-1814, ixhomekeke kuMbali weSizwe weMbali yaseMelika eWashington, DC.
Le nto i-flag yeyona nto ibalulekileyo yeMerika, enye leyo ama-American ayenze emva kwayo aze ahlakulele uthando olujulile ngexesha "iMfazwe yesiBili yokuzimela" (iMfazwe ye-1812).
Ngelixa i-Star Spangled Banner eWashington, DC, ifulegi kunye nomculo ophefumlelweyo uyasisigxina kwindlela eBaltimore, apho iindwendwe zingakhangela i-Star Spangled Banner Flag House, eyindlu apho ifulegi eyenziwe umthungululi ogama linguMary Pickersgill. I-Flag House iqulethe imiboniso malunga neMfazwe ka-1812, ubomi bukaMary Pickersgill, kunye nobomi eBaltimore ngexesha le-18 neye-19th yokuqala.
Iflegi ye-9/11
Kukho iintlobo ezininzi kwiflegi ukususela kwiintsuku apho i-Star Spangled Banner yahamba. Kodwa iiflegi ezimbalwa ziye zasebenza njengezimboli zexesha ngendlela ebonakalayo kwi-Flag 11/11. Le flegi, ehamba phezu kweNdawo engumhlaba kwiintsuku emva kokuhlaselwa kwamagorha kaSeptemba 11, 2001, ibe ngumboniso ohambahambayo ngenxa yobuninzi bayo kubakho nokuba yingxenye ebalulekileyo yeSikhumbuzo seSeptemba 11 kwisixeko saseNew York. Ngomhla woBugcisa ngo-2012, iNqwelomba ye-9/11 yaxhunywa kwi-Star Spangled Banner njengoko yayiye kwiMbali yeMbali yaseBlue House eBaltimore ukuba ibe nemicu yebhanki yokuqala eyaxutywa kwisitya sayo.
Funda kabanzi malunga neNqabaka kaZwelonke ye-9/11 , imbali yayo, kunye nayo apho iya kuhamba khona ngaphambi kokuba ihlalise kwikhaya layo lembali.
Ngamanye amaflegi anemeko ebalulekileyo kwaye ibaluleke kakhulu kwilizwe lethu. Ifulegi yaseMelika ekhoyo yangoku ayiyi kubonakala efanayo ukuba kwakungekho yeflegi yokuqala yeBetsy Ross kunye neeflegi ezininzi ezaza emva kwayo. Ukutyelela ezi flegi zaseMelika ziwayo ziindlela ezilungileyo zokuhamba kwaye ufunde kabanzi malunga nembali yaseMelika njengoko wenzayo.