"Their flag to April's breeze unfurled ...."

What's the symbol? And what does it represent?
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This is from Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem, "Concord Hymn." The symbol is unity at the start of the Revolutionary War.

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/02/opinion/l-the-stars-and-stripes-how-sacred-a-symbol-wrong-flag-692689.html