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My feelings about saluting our flag.
Our flag has been maligned for a long time by our own people and others around the
world and we sometimes lose sight of why we pledge allegiance to it.
This flag in it’s original form carried our troops into Valley Forge
in bitter cold to help establish one of the greatest countries in written history.
On a ship in Baltimore Harbor in 1812 Francis Scott Key was awake during the assault
on Ft McHenry. In the early morning mist and smoke filled sky he was heartened by
“This Old Flag” flying bravely, but tattered, in the morning light signifying that we were
still in charge.
Many lives were lost in the 1860’s during our war of states rights, this flag was
there and eventually reunified our nation
The image of Old Glory being raised on Mt Suribachi in Iwo Jima in WWII is still fresh
in our minds and today, fighting terrorist, whose one goal is to eliminate the USA.
The reason we pledge allegiance to this flag is to remember all those thousands of lives
lost to establish and protect the many blessed freedoms we now enjoy.
Be proud of this nation, salute your flag, the emblem of this great nation, with honor and
dignity.
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