Posted on 05/28/2016 6:53:37 PM PDT by dvan
Dear Family and Friends
I am sending this on Memorial Day as I feel it is to be shared on this special day.A few years ago a Lieutenant Colonel from Camp Parks had read it at the Dublin Senior Center for Our Veterans Day Celebration.
Just thought I would pass it on...We were all touched and I hope it touches you as it did us. As we bow our heads and say a prayer for all the Men and Women that have served and given their lives for us and Our country.
The American Flag is not only the symbol of our county but a symbol that has led soldiers into battle,freed the oppressed and given hope to the hopeless. This was never truer than after Sept 11th.
As our Nation watched in horror the events that unfolded that day and the aftermath of the death toll and heroic efforts of the rescue crews, our country was rocked to its very core. Then a group of firefighters raised our Flag at ground zero. This was followed by soldiers at the Pentagon unfurling the flag over the side of the very building that was hit.
Soon flags appeared everywhere-on cars,buildings,and homes. Those acts gave us hope. Yes,we were shaken but, our flag stood. As if to say, 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 great institutions of learning. I stand guard with the greatest military 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 flown with my fellow banners,my head is a little higher,my colors a little truer. I bow to no one. I am recognized all over the world I AM WORSHIPPED, I AM LOVED AND I AM FEARED.
I have fought in every battle of every war for more that 200 years: Gettysburg, Shiloh, Appomattox, San Juan Hill, the trenches of France, Anzio, the beaches of Normandy, the Philippines, Guam, Midway,Okinawa, Korea,Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Bosnia, and the score of places long forgotten by all but those who were there with me. I was there.
I led MY Soldiers,Sailors, Airmen and Marines. I followed them and watched over them. They loved me! I was a a small hill on Iwo Jima; I was dirty, battle worn and tired, but my soldiers cheered me on I WAS PROUD
I have been soiled,burned.torn and trampled on the streets of countries that I have help set free. It does not hurt, for I am invincible! I have been soiled,burned,torn and trampled on the streets of my own country. and when it is by those with whom I have served in battle , it hurts. But I shall over come, FOR I AM STRONG.
I have slipped the bonds of Earth, and from my vantage point on the moon I stand watch over the uncharted new frontiers of space.
I have been silent witness of all of America's finest hours. But my finest hour comes when I am torn in strips and used as bandages for my wounded comrades on the field of battle, when I fly at half-mast to honor my Soldiers, my Sailors, my Airmen, my Marines and when I am cradled the trembling arms of a grieving mother by the final resting place of her fallen son or daughter. I AM PROUD.
My name is "OLD GLORY" LONG MAY I WAVE!! DEAR GOD, LONG MAY I WAVE !!!!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing. (Wipesv 5earv from my eye)
Tear
The flag is the symbol American patriots and many soldiers, statesmen, police, and firemen have been part of the great country the LORD GOD created for freedom and liberty of individual citizens who know Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour of those who believe how He was crucified for our sins and rose again the third day for our justification. I honor our countries freedoms and our Constitution, I love Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour who created mankind and the earth for us to dwell on. He blesses those who bless His Name and Israel, His beloved people.
Amen.
Thanks for posting this, just hope other people that live in this beautiful country will feel the pride and love.
While some people of note signs their names on top of the flag, Neil Armstrong said he never signed his name on top of the flag. He respected it too much.
Contrast this by what the American flag means to socialist libtards, or illegal alien mexicans.
Ought to get you righteously angry when taken in this context.
What the STARS AND STRIPES means to me.
HONOR, COURAGE, DEDICATION, ENDURANCE, SOMETIMES FEAR, BUT ALWAYS THE WILLINGNESS TO GO FORWARD.
And forever GLORY; in GOD, COUNTRY, CONSTITUTION, CORPS and FAMILY.
I too feel very strongly about the flag. So strongly that I have not flown it for years. I’m surrounded by liberals who wave the flag...one has a cardboard statue of Obama in her living room. When Trump is elected, and Obama is just a failed legacy, I will fly the beautiful flag again. I fly the Spirit Flag now (red with white palmetto, the first pre-confederate flag.) I live in SC and the libs around me think it is a SC thing...wrong. The libs are flying the USA flag to support what this country stands for today. A lib with a USA flag is a form of flag desecration.
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