Flag Day

[westcoaststrokin]

Just a reminder that today is Flag Day. So if you have a Flag make sure you fly it today.

[bigcountrysg]

Also Flag Day is the day when the American Legion, VA, VFW, Disabled Vets of America, and other organizations of the like, ceremonially burn soiled flags.

If you have a flag that is damaged, or soiled, that should no longer be displayed drop it off at your local American Legion, VA, VFW, Disabled Vets, so it maybe taken care of properly.

Also if you have never been to one of these ceremonies. You should contact one of these organizations. So you may witness this humbling ceremony.

[mudrunninpig]

I fly a flag in the front yard and the back yard 365 days a year.





They get replaced once a year and I do take them to a ceramony to be properly taken care of. I agree with bigcountry it is quite humbling to see

[2006PSDSD]

Originally Posted by mudrunninpig

I fly a flag in the front yard and the back yard 365 days a year.

I do the same thing, and have gotten 4 other neighbors to fly their flags everyday .

[mudrunninpig]

Originally Posted by 2006PSDSD

I do the same thing, and have gotten 4 other neighbors to fly their flags everyday .

Very Nice

[cliford]

have mine on my motorcycle.

[westcoaststrokin]

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 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, battle worn 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 in the streets of my country.
And when it's done 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.

[Ryan Rønning]

I have mine all flying!

[bigcountrysg]

That Ragged Old Flag"

I walked through a county courthouse square

On a park bench, an old man was sittin there.

I said, "Your court house is kinda run down,

He said, "No, it will do for our little town".

I said "your old flag pole kinda leaned a little bit,

And that’s a ragged old flag you got hanging on it".

He said "have a seat", so I sat down,

He said, "is this your first visit to our little town"

I said, "I think it is"

He said "I don’t like to brag, but we’re kinda proud of

"That Ragged Old Flag"

"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there,

When Washington took it across the Delaware.

It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching it, writing

"Oh Say Can You See"

It got a rip in New Orleans, with Packingham & Jackson

tugging at its seams.

It almost fell at the Alamo beside the Texas flag,

But she waved on tho.

It got cut with a sword in Chancellorsville,

Got cut again at Shiloh Hill.

There was Robert E. Lee and Beauregard and Bragg,

And the south wind blew hard on

"That Ragged Old Flag"



On Flanders Field in World War I,

She took a bad hit from a Bertha Gun,

She turned blood red in World War II

She hung limp and low by the time that one was through,

She was in Korea, Vietnam, She went where she was sent

by her Uncle Sam.



The Native Americans, The Black, Yellow and White

All shed red blood for the Stars and Stripes.

And here in her own good land,

She’s been abused, burned, dishonored, denied and refused,

And the very government for which she stands

Has been scandalized throughout out the land.

And she’s getting thread bare, and she’s wearing kinda thin,

But she’s in pretty good shape, for the shape she’s in.

Cause she’s been through the fire before

and she can take a whole lot more.



So we raise her up every morning

And we bring her down slow every night,

We don’t let her touch the ground,

And we fold her up right.

On second thought
I do like to brag

Cause I’m mighty proud of

"That Ragged Old Flag"


Written by Johnny Cash

[2006PSDSD]

Excellent posts Bigcountry and Josh . We WILL not fall to tyranny as long as we have people like ourselves still here to defend freedom and pass our efforts to our children, with the hope that they will fight for what we believe in:



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