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Episode 482: Symbols and Cymbals

6/10/2018

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George Washington is said to have asked 24 year old Betsy Ross to create a flag to be the symbol of our nation in 1776. Historians also have mentioned that the General had suggested 6 pointed stars and that Betsy Ross had explained how much superior the five pointed stars were. Even at this early stage of our country, there were decisions to be made about details that have shaped the foundation of our union. Symbols are defined as being something that stands for something else. Certainly celebrating Flag Day brings this clearly to mind.
Other definitions for symbols include the words shapes or signs. Five pointed stars are easier to make suggested Betsy Ross, and a compromise was forged. 
You're a Grand Old Flag from “A George M. Cohan Salute”
  George M. Cohan
  Canadian Brass
Flag of Stars
  Gordon Jacob
  North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Emblems
  Aaron Copland
  US Marine Band, Colonel Michael J. Colburn
Suite of Old American Dances
  Robert Russell Bennett
  University of Michigan Symphonic Band,
  Michael Haithcock

Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals
  Sigfrid Karg-Elert
  Dallas Wind Symphony, Frederick Fennell
Crest of Honor
  David R. Gillingham
  University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds,
​  Ron Hufstader
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