What do the red stripes mean in the flag?

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What does the color red mean in the U.S. flag? Did you know that Congress gave the color red a specific meaning, which is as relevant today as it was in 1777 on the first Flag Day? Author, historian and former White House staffer Jane Hampton Cook shares the meaning of red through the story of Peter Salem, a black patriot who lived loudly for the Betsy Ross flag.

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