I CELEBRATE THIS FLAG BECAUSE I AM AN AMERICAN AND BECAUSE OF WHAT IT REPRESENTS: THE PRINCIPLES OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR ALL. WE ARE NOT A PERFECT COUNTRY, BUT OUR PRINCIPLES ARE SOUND. BRAVE AND PATRIOTIC SOLDIERS FIGHTING UNDER THIS FLAG VANQUISHED THE CONFEDERACY, AND WE ABOLISHED SLAVERY SOON THEREAFTER. THIS FLAG ALSO DEFEATED NAZISM AND THE USSR.