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Walk through any American town on a summer morning and the palette gives itself away. Porch bunting arches in crisp stripes, a weathered flag snaps from the firehouse pole, and kids sprint along with plastic pinwheels that blur red, white, and blue into a single band of motion. Those colors do more than decorate. They bind a long, sometimes messy story about identity, war, hope, and how a young country taught itself to be seen. This is a look at how the American flag’s c