Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong is captured in an image taken by fellow moonwalker, Buzz Aldrin, following flag planting on the moon in July 1969 ... in meaning. The Stars and Stripes expresses ...
When American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969, one of their first tasks ... a shower curtain rod, so the flag could hang fully unfurled, all its stars and stripes showing.
from Apollo moon landings to firefighters raising the flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center on 9/11 in 2001. "It is difficult to think of any other flag that's so heavily invested in meaning.