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PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the text?
A.
Captain Queisser developed a Service Flag hoping that he would eventually be able to patent and sell it.
B.
As people’s support for the war diminished, there were fewer Service Flags displayed in windows.
C.
Captain Queisser’s decision to display a flag for his children in the service has evolved into a widely practiced tradition in America.
D.
As displaying Service Flags became more popular, even Americans who didn’t have children in the army started displaying them.

'A Flag That Honors War Veterans' is an article written by Shawn E. Hanscom. The article unfolds how the flags of honor came into being and how they got national recognition in the US.

The idea to display flags in honor of family members who were on war was first conceived in the mind of Army captain Robert L. Queisser during World War I. Captain Queisser decided to display flags in honor of his two sons who were in service in the Great War. Soon, the idea was accepted and applied by many other families in Cleveland, Ohio.

In September 1917, the US Congress recognized the flag as a national symbol of honor for those who were in the war.

So, the central idea of the text is that Captain Queisser's decision to display flags in honor of his children became a national symbol of honor and evolved into a practice adepted widely in America.

Therefore, option C is correct.