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02-16-2014, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Am I the only one that remembers this poem from grade school. It is still a great one.
1694. The Flag Goes By By Henry Holcomb Bennett HATS off!Along the street there comesA blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,A flash of color beneath the sky:Hats off! 5The flag is passing by! Blue and crimson and white it shines,Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines.Hats off!The colors before us fly; 10But more than the flag is passing by. Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and great,Fought to make and to save the State:Weary marches and sinking ships;Cheers of victory on dying lips; 15 Days of plenty and years of peace;March of a strong land’s swift increase;Equal justice, right and law,Stately honor and reverend awe; Sign of a nation, great and strong 20To ward her people from foreign wrong:Pride and glory and honor,—allLive in the colors to stand or fall. Hats off!Along the street there comes 25A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums;And loyal hearts are beating high:Hats off!The flag is passing by!
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my hat will always be over my heart for my flag but not for food 
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