But it was in essence the same flag as the one Lafayette knew. The number of stars had changedbut the great promise of freedom had not changed. Our flag gave my father hope for a better life. When he became a citizen. he took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. It would have been inconceivable to him and to other immigrants. that a law against physical desecration of the flag abridged his freedom of expression. As kids. we were taught to love our flag and respect it. When we wore it on our shoulder in Normandy in 1944. it still had 48 stars.
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