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Actually, they don't represent anything. Francis Hopkins the man who made the first flag in 1775 for the navy ( he is recognized by Congress) used the Union Jack for his colors and some design features. A Boy Scout manual in the early 1900's gave them meanings and that has stuck.

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The colors represent freedom.

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