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The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Whoever relieves a believer from a distress, God will relieve him from one of his distresses on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever alleviates the hardship of a person in difficulty, God will alleviate his hardship in this world and the next. Whoever covers (the shortcomings, faults, and sins of) a Muslim, God will cover him up in this world and the next. And remember, God will help a servant so long as the servant helps his brother.” [Muslim]
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US
FLAG FACTS
- US flag has 50 stars representing
the 50 states, and 13 stripes representing the 13 original states.
- Earlier flags had a British Union Jack or the motto "Don't Tread on Me," . The
first flag approved by the Continental Congress had thirteen stars on a field
of blue and thirteen stripes.
- The credit for designing the first flag perhaps goes to Francis Hopkins.
- The Continental Congress approved the design of the first official U.S. flag
on June 14, 1777. This day later came to be celebrated as the Flag Day.
- The official colors of the flag are "Old Glory Red," white, and "Old Glory Blue."
- On June 14, 1777, Congress adopted a resolution calling for a flag with thirteen
stripes, alternating red and white, and with a blue canton or "union", with thirteen
white stars. The resolution defined the significance of the colors: "White signifies
Purity and Innocence; Red, Hardiness and Valor; Blue, Vigilance, Perseverance
and Justice."
- The thirteen stripes and thirteen stars are representative of the original thirteen
colonies. The five pointed stars used as a flag symbol gained popularity only
after its incorporation into the American flag. Since then it has been used in
many state flags and in foreign flags, including Uruguay, Puerto Rico, and the
once sovereign nations of the Republic of Texas and the Kingdom of Hawaii.
- Until 1818, an additional star and stripe was added as each new state was admitted
to the Union. However it later became evident that it was not at all practical
as the flag would inevitably become unwieldy. On April 4, 1816, a new scheme was
made official. The Flag of the United States would have thirteen stripes, alternating
red and white, and a blue canton on which a white star would be added for each
state. Each star would be added to the flag on the July 4th following the admission
of the new state to the Union.
- In 1912, the government specified official patterns, proportions and colors,
for the Flag we know today.
- Traditionally a symbol of liberty, the American flag has carried the message
of freedom to many parts of the world. Sometimes the same flag that was flying
at a crucial moment in America's history has been flown again in another place
to symbolize continuity in the struggles for the cause of liberty.
- The American flag first flew over Fort Derne, off the shores of Tripoli in Libya.
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