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audio version -- http://www.kyw1060.com/flag/flag.mp3

Traditionalists say I was born of a woman's hand -- fashioned from bits of colored cloth by a seamstress in a small house in Philadelphia, a year after the new country was born.

Historians are less certain of my origin. Yet, no one doubts my existence. I was created out of necessity to serve as the emblem of a people whose experiment in nationhood was as unique as the arrangement of my stars and stripes.

I have proved my adaptability to change. I've accommodated growth. I've stood up to time and troubles. I fluttered in the Fall air with General Washington and his loyal French allies at Yorktown. My fabric was shredded by cannonballs from British frigates in the War of 1812. I was carried in triumph by Andy Jackson at New Orleans. The British could see me clearly in the mists of "dawn's early light," waving from the standards at Fort McHenry.

I've witnessed turmoil and bitterness, even lost some of my glory in mid-century in a war between brothers, but I was restored as a nation's emblem at Appomattox.

I traveled West with the new frontier. I flew from the headlamps of the Iron Horse in Utah. I was with the prospectors at Sutter's Mill, with the cavalry against cattle rustlers, with the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill.

I crossed the Marne with the doughboys anxious to make the world safe for democracy. I was with brave GIs storming the beaches at Normandy. I was raised over a shell-pocked hilltop at Iwo Jima and I stood by the grim-faced negotiators at Panmunjom. I was on that last helicopter from Saigon and with the men and women of Operation Desert Storm.

I have been around in victory and defeat. I've seen pleasure and pain. I was raised over the rubble of the World Trade Center and at the Pentagon. I've been folded smartly by soldiers and handed to weeping widows. I've covered the coffins of those who've served country and community.

I also decorate bandstands and concert halls. I am saluted in parades, in schools and at ball parks.

I am part of political campaigns, high holidays and ice cream socials. I fly from skyscrapers and bungalows. I've been to the moon and the ocean floor.

I am everywhere my people are. I am saluted and, occasionally, scorned. I have been held with pride and I have been ridiculed, because I am everything my people are: proud, angry, happy, sad, vengeful, argumentative, ambitious, indifferent.

I was created to serve a people in struggle and a government in change. There are now more stars in my blue field than there were in the beginning and, if need be, there's room for more.

But, those red and white stripes remain as they've always remained: clearly visible through the struggle -- the symbol of the "land of the free and the home of the brave."

I am your past. I am your future. I am your flag.




by Bob Nelson
KYW Newsradio 1060




Flag Day is June 14th.
Independence Day is July 4th.

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Happy 4th everyone
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Jeff
 
I just wanted to read this post this morning.
How many flags did you see six years ago today? Tomorrow? I know you'll take some time to really look at the flag today, and think about what it means.
I'm proud to have it flying over my head, and thankful to live where I can express this opinion.
 
Even though the current war is not approved of by a lot of people at least nowadays the masses don't treat the soldiers in ways that are not so nice like they did during the last unpopular war.That video is a work of art and I'm sure it will hit home with a lot of folks 3 cheers for Lizzie!!!!!
 
A very sobering thing to watch. Lizzie good job.
 
That even brought tears to my eyes.
The flag covered caskets brought back some recent memories of my older brother passing last spring.

This slide show should be played once a day on every brodcast tv network out there.
 
Anybody remember today(friday), is Pearl Harbor Day? 66 years ago. But then again a bunch of crap has happened since then.
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Hope everyone takes a moment to remember those who gave there lives today and for the efforts there after. God bless all and may everyone arrive home to there families safely.

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No one's posted here for sometime so I just thought I'd post of something somewhat related in a way to the American Flag. When I am on the computer sometimes to help relax I listen to some of my favorite songs. This is one of my all time favorites Rod McKuen. Once you've clicked onto the site... close your eyes and listen closely to the lytrics and let Rod paint a picture in your imagination. Please don't read the lyrics until aftr you've listened to the song.

I've included the lyrics below. Rod tells a story in a very hauntingly beautiful way. By closing your eyes and listening ... you were able to get just a glimpse of what the song is about.



Doesn't Anybody Know My Name ..... Rod McKuen

I've been away so long.
Fought a war that's come and gone.
Doesn't anybody know my name?
My sister's up and wed.
My Momma's took to her bed.
Now my old dog, Red's gone maim.

Please tell me if you can.
What time do the trains roll in?
Two-ten. Six-Eighteen. Ten-forty-four.

The hedge is turning brown.
The house is falling down.
Doesn't anybody know my name?
The girl, I left behind.
She's run off to Caroline.
I don't have to read a sign...
to know things aint the same.

Please tell me if you can.
What time do the trains roll in?
Two-ten. Six-Eighteen. Ten-forty-four.

You can't go far away.
On just a soldier's pay.
Doesn't anybody know my name?
Used to be when I could see
everybody wanted me.
Now nobody comes to see
a blind man catch the train.

Please tell me if you can.
What time do the trains roll in?
Two-ten. Six-Eighteen. Ten-forty-four.
 
Marlin, I am hoping that there will be a
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Spirit of 76 at the fair this coming week if so I will get a few shots for us..
 
My son helped about 75 other motorcycles escort a memorial part of the world trade center to Crossville from Knoxville last week. Was a very nice presentation.
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One of our locals brought their spirit of 76 BIG tractor to the fair, he says its the original factory paint still.

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Marlin: I've known the chorus of that song for many years - never listened closely enough to hear "the rest of the story". I'm going to RANT, now.
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To All. I just discovered this. It goes beyond the song by Rod McKuen that I posted on the 11th of this month. It speaks of those left behind to go forth alone. In Silence I Mourn
 

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