At one time the term "Usonian" was proposed for US citizens to call themselves, since there isn’t an appropriate word for that purpose right now.

I think it’s time we came up with a term that doesn’t ruffle the feathers of people from the other countries in the American continent.

Just imagine if the French hijacked the term "European" for themselves and if they opposed any other European countries from describing themselves as European also!

I personally prefer to use "US-American"…

In Esperanto we use "Usonano" since United States is "Usono".

Yesterday I saw a van that had a sticker that said "God Bless America" and in the center it showed the entire American continent, instead of the usual US flag.

Hum, what a gentle reminder!
I like Taivo’s answer. He makes a good point and his answer is well-written and well- researched, however, in the name of international relations, I still think it’s worth giving this issue some consideration.
Many changes have taken place in the American continent in the last 500 years.

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please help me with straight answers. my income is 00. monthlymy credit score is 570? Eligable for a V. A. HOME LOAN.how do i g et started buying A home if i.m elagable at the time i don’t have a down payment but my income is steady for the rest of my life and id be willing to sign papers saying take out money thats due for the loan and whatever every month right off the top take whatever i owe. give me somebody with the information thats on hand and work with it the way it is . Is there such people ?. UNITED STATES AMERICAN VETEREN WANTING TO PLANT SEEDS HERE IN AMERICA . THE FLAG IS CALLING IF THERE IS ANY ONE LISTNING.

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Yesterday I was at the United Nations gift shop and bought a mug, a set of flags, and a flag base. Despite its status as an international territory that is not a part of the United States (and by extension, New York State and City), I was charged regular New York sales tax on my purchases. Can anyone explain why this is the case?

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I have seen in these united states, immigrant’s flying the flag of a certain country, after buying the land, as if they just conquered. These are some mean people who are only, when it comes down to it, allegiant to each other.

I’m pretty sure someone is going to claim, I’m sayin something wrong. Well that is what happens when right is wrong and wrong is right. I see many complaining about immigrant rights. I think their weapons are to use a weak system against its self. Immigrant until sworn in, have no rights.

These united states are being simply conquered by hostile neighbors whose real allegiance is to each other, not caring whose in their way as they go.

Look at the difference in our country over the last thirty year. Its a locust effect.
Alberto I agree with you and all legal migrants. But its a whole other story when they are illegal and some the children of illegal. and have a attitude of "This was are land first".

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It seems like this is blatant racism. I’ve heard the excuse that people are just trying to show "support" for their "family history", but I don’t buy that. Especially when I see people with HUGE full sized flags. This is the United States. Not the Confederate States.
To those of you telling me that it’s not a symbol of racism: Just like someone else answered, it is a symbol of that period of racism and the country that was defending it. I don’t care what ELSE they were fighting for. They fought for racism. It’s comparable to the swastika. Yes, it’s a religious symbol, and originally was not a bad symbol. But if you had roots in those religions… or, more extremely, if you had roots in Germany, would you waive your Swastika flags high and proud behind your truck?

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I don’t understand how a country could just change their flag as if their past didn’t happen, that would be like asking the United States to change their flag and drop all the stars cause they want to forget that we took/bought/acquired so many different territories over the years.

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I have been dating a guy who is 32, he has lived in this country for almost 12 years now.

This week he will become a citizen of the United States. I would love to buy him a gift to remember this special occasion.

In his room, he has a small flag from his home country. I was thinking about getting an Amercian flag in the same size to display together. But that is all I can think of…

Any ideas or suggestions would be great!

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The popular horizontal stars and stripes is actually a military flag that indicates military authority. The civil flag has the stripes going vertically with a white background behind blue stars.

That said, does anyone know where I can buy a United States "civil flag" on-line?
Sorry for taking so long to update.

Here’s the link someone requested:

http://www.barefootsworld.net/uscivilflag.html

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I have a Corona Extra flag that i got in Okinawa Japan. This flag was used as an advertisement. It is not sold ANYWERE in Japan and definitely not sold anywhere in the United States. As far as i know only two of these flags made its way to the United States. You will not find this flag on any american web site, even ebay. How much is it worth based on that description? Contact me if you are interested in buying it

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I am doing a persuasive speech to ban flag burning in the United States. I couldn’t find any statistics about the actual number of flags that were burned in the United States. I would appreciate any facts.
Thank You!
Have a nice day!

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