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I am the Flag of the United States of America

by Howard Schnauber

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  • I am the flag of the United States of America.
    My name is Old Glory.
    I fly atop the world's tallest buildings.
    I stand watch in America's halls of justice.
      
    I fly majestically over institutions of
    learning.
    I stand guard with power in the world.
     
    Look up ... and see me.
     
    I stand for peace, honor, truth and justice.
    I stand for freedom.
     
    I am confident.
    I am arrogant.
    I am proud.
     
    When I am flown with my fellow banners,
    my head is a little higher,
    my colors a little bit truer.
     
    I bow to no one!
     
    I am recognized all over the world. I am worshipped - I am saluted.
     
    I am loved - I am revered.
    I am respected -- and I am feared.
     
    I have fought in every battle of every
    war for more then 200 years.
     
    I was flown at Valley Forge, Gettysburg,
    Shiloh and Appomattox.
     
    I was there at San Juan Hill,
    the trenches of France,
    in the Argonne Forest, Anzio, Rome
    and the beaches of Normandy, Guam.
    Okinawa, Korea and KheSan, Saigon,
    Vietnam know me,
     
    I was there.
    I led my troops,
    I was dirty, battleworn and tired,
    but my soldiers cheered me
    And I was proud.
     
    I have been burned, torn and trampled
    on the streets of countries I have helped set free.
    It does not hurt, for I am invincible.
    I have been soiled upon, burned, torn
    and trampled on the streets of my country.
    And when it's by those! whom I've served in battle-it hurts.
     
    But I shall overcome - for I am strong.
     
    I have slipped the bonds of Earth
    and stood watch over the uncharted
    frontiers of space from my vantage point
    on the moon.
     
    I have borne silent witness
    to all of America's finest hours.
    But my finest hours are yet to come.
     
    When I am torn into strips and used as bandages
    for my wounded comrades on the battlefield,
    When I am flown at half-mast to honor my soldier, Or when I lie in the
    trembling arms of a grieving parent at the grave of their fallen son or
    daughter,
     
    I am proud.
     
    The date of December 7th has been burned into my mind for a long time,
    And now the date of September 11th (911) will never be forgotten in my lifetime, But these spineless murderer's will never beat us or take our freedom away, Because we are proud AMERICANS and we won't stand for it!
     
    MY NAME IS OLD GLORY
    LONG MAY I WAVE.
    DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN
    LONG MAY I WAVE
     
    Please send out this message to all who still love and respect me, that I may fly proudly for another two hundred years


 

 

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