Never mind, I think I know

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Walking home from my gym last night, admiring the sparkling Christmas lights, I passed two houses. Each was lavishly decorated with red, white and blue lights and flew the American flag against the dark night sky. Later I sat down to the evening news and saw the president speaking on the GOP tax plan, standing before a row of Christmas trees, dotted with red, white and blue globes. So when did the shades of Old Glory become the colors of an older, more powerful mystery?