What is the truth about blue in the flag?

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Author and historian Jane Hampton Cook unveils the true meaning of the color blue in the U.S. flag and shares the spy story of James Armistead, an African American who embodied all three meanings of the color blue. After he became a freeman, he changed his last name to honor a well-known patriot. Can you guess who?

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