The American flag embraces diversity by uniting the colors red and blue with white, the color that, throughout human history, has represented peace.
Like the light and shadows in a beautiful painting, unity is achieved in the richness of diversity as people — with different talents, statures, personalities, and ancestry — and as a country in the diverse variety of its geographical features.
Acknowledging this richness helps us mature and protects our identity as a country. This identity, this unity, reveals the greatness and beauty of our surroundings, helps us strive to improve, and compels us to lend a helping hand.
To be patriotic is to discover what unites us, not what separates us; it is to find the grandeur we have in common, the richness that makes those who are part of this great country proud.