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2Experimental said:
why is there what? maybe it DOES have significance.. can you restate your original question?

I think if it is there it is because it was supposed to be.. 13 points, 13 breaths before Jesus died after he cursed god, the 13Th day of the month challenger crashed.. 13 diners, the first to stand dead.. people give things meaning for many reasons.. If 13 lightning points means something to you, then so it has

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pantsboy said:
"The flag of the U.S. is one of the world's oldest national flags. The first official flag of the U.S. was created by Congress on June 14, 1777. It consisted of 13 alternate red and white stripes and 13 white stars in a field of blue, representing the 13 colonies that had declared their independence in 1776. Congress adopted a new flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes in 1795, to give representation to the 2 new states admitted into the Union, Vermont and Kentucky. By 1817, there were 20 states in the Union, and it became apparent that adding one stripe for each new state would destroy the shape of the flag. As a result, Congress in 1818 restored the original design of 13 stripes and provided that each state was to be represented by one star.  These thirteen stripes were also kept in ming during the creation of the Steal Your Face Grateful Dead Logo.  The lightning bolt stood for justice and good acid trips while the points of the bolt and the overall color scheme which has been reproduced through many of the Dead's logos and merchandise and has since become affiliated with them, was also borrowed from the our nation's flag" - CNN  

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