OUR FLAG - Part 3

"The very colors have a language which was officially recognized by our fathers. White is for purity, red for valor, blue for justice; and all together-bunting, stripes, stars, and colors, blazing in the sky-make the flag of our country to be cherished by all our hearts, to be upheld by all our hands." (Charles Sumner)  I love the flag of the United States of America! LONG MAY SHE WAVE!!

OUR FLAG - Part 2

"It is a piece of bunting lifted in the air; but it speaks sublimely, and every part has a voice. Its stripes of alternate red and white proclaim the original union of thirteen states to maintain the Declaration of Independence. Its stars of white on a field of blue, proclaim that union of states constituting our national constellation, which receives a new star with every new state. The two together signify union past and present." (Charles Sumner)

OUR FLAG - Part 1

"There is the national flag. He must be cold indeed who can look upon its folds, rippling in the breeze, without pride of country. If he be in a foreign land, the flag is companionship and country itself, with all its endearments." (Charles Sumner)
Do you get tears in your eyes when you see our flag coming down the street in a parade or when holding your hand over your heart during the national anthem? I do. I hope I never lose those emotions when looking at Old Glory!

OLD GLORY

(photo by Sharon Wilhite)

"This American flag was the safeguard of liberty....It was an ordinance of liberty by the people for the people.  That it meant, that it means, and by the blessing of God, that it will mean to the end of time!"  (Henry Ward Beecher)