Flags

THE AMERICAN FLAG: The American Flag is called "Old Glory." It has thirteen horizontal stripes representing the thirteen original colonies. There are seven red stripes and six white stripes. Seven stripes are short and are positioned next to the blue. There are six long stripes that are positioned below the blue. The top stripe is red, the bottom stripe is red and the stripe below the blue rectangle is white. The red color represents the blood shed to keep our nation free. The white represents the purity of our nation's ideals. The blue represents the midnight sky. There are fifty stars representing the fifty states. There are nine rows of stars, four rows of five stars and five rows of six stars in the blue rectangle.

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THE KOREAN FLAG: The Korean Flag is called "Tae Guk." It has a white background that represents purity. In the center is a perfect circle representing the opposites in the universe or good versus evil. The circle is divided into two equal parts. The top portion is red or "yang." The bottom portion is blue "eum." Four symbols are positioned in each corner of the flag. The upper left symbol is the Korean symbol for heaven. It consists of three perfect, parallel bars. The upper right symbol is the Korean symbol for water. It consists of one perfect bar in the middle of two broken bars. The lower right is the symbol for earth, and it consists of three broken bars. The lower left symbol is fire and is two solid bars with a broken bar in the middle of them.