What’s true about the red, white, and blue? Everyone knows that America’s colors are red, white, and blue but what do those colors mean? As America turns 250 years old, discover the men and women who loved America and lived out the virtues, such as valor and justice, that embody red, white, and blue. George Washington, Peter Salem, Phillis Wheatley, John Paul Jones, Molly Pitcher, Prince Hall, Susan B. Anthony, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Martin Luther King are among the many heroes and heroines featured in this book for children.