Support military bands holding African state's flag

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Stars and Stripes is a U.S. newspaper that reports on matters affecting the members of the United States Armed Forces . It operates from inside the Department of Defense , but is editorially separate from it, and its First Amendment protection is safeguarded ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"American flag," attested from 1782. Stars and Bars as a name for the Confederate flag is attested from 1863.

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Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r, 'a`stron, ...