June 14, 2006
It's Flag Day!
Wave it proudly.
In Dear Abby's column today, there is a poem that was written by a girl when she was in 8th grade. The poem won her one of the flags that flew over the Capitol building. Abby thought it was a great tribute to Flag Day, and so do I. Here it is...enjoy!
THE FLAG
(By Stacy Frank, Grade 8)
This flag of red and white and blue
May not mean very much to you.
But as for me this banner flies
And with its mighty voice it cries
Out to peoples far and near
To proclaim our freedom here.
A small beginning, I agree,
But like the acorn to the tree.
Thirteen states we had at first,
But as our country grew, our thirst
For land and freedom did not stop.
That land did well; produced a crop
For countries of the world to share
And then they knew our flag was fair.
And underneath this starry wing
Foreign peoples help to sing
The greatest story ever told,
The story of our country bold.
Of its birth into the world
And of its wondrous flag unfurled.
And over the world there ne'er will stand
The flag of any other land
That will mean as much to me
As this flag of liberty.
Old Glory!
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