In Wu Hong's honor, the flag of the National Geographic Society at its Washington, D. C. headquarters will be flown at half-mast on the day of his funeral.

为了向吴泓先生致敬，美国国家地理学会位于华盛顿的总部将在他葬礼当日下半旗致哀。

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Washington wanted to see the ship carry the flag around the globe, and to forge new ties with nations like China.

华盛顿还曾希望这艘商船能够载着美国国旗环球航行， 与中国等其它国家结成新的纽带关系。

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"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there, When Washington took it across the Delaware.

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In 1776, George Washington unveiled the Grand Union Flag, the first national flag in America after King George III of England called on American forces to surrender.

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Washington wanted to see the ship carry the flag around the globe, and to forge new ties with nations like China.

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The vote coincided with the Washington conference of the American Legion, a group that has lobbied heavily on behalf of a ban on flag desecration.

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