These colors don’t run; but why these colors?

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/13137905-452/these-colors-dont-run-but-why-these-colors.html

NEIL STEINBERG [email protected] omTwitter: @NeilSteinberg June 13, 2012 4:14PM

Why red, white and blue? Why these colors and not, oh, green and beige? snip

The short, factual answer is our colors are red, white and blue because the British flag is red, white and blue. Changes that seem revolutionary in retrospect actually occur in stages, and when George Washington began leading his troops, they saw themselves as British citizens fighting for their rights. Thus his Grand Union Flag, raised over the Continental Army in January 1776, had the British Union Flag where the field of stars is now.

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1. Interesting little factoid I never knew before.