{"id":219,"date":"2012-06-01T17:36:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T17:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2012-06-06T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T15:51:12","slug":"a-flag-day-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/american-flags\/a-flag-day-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"A Flag Day Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Flag Goes By<br \/>\nHenry Holcomb Bennett<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1863-1924)<\/p>\n<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_220\">\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Parade.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Parade\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Parade-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"American flags in Parade\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>Parade of flags<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hats off!<br \/>\nAlong the street there comes<br \/>\nA Blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,<br \/>\nA flash of color beneath the sky:<br \/>\nHats off!<br \/>\n<a title=\"American Flags\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/american_flags.htm\"> The flag is passing by!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Blue and crimson and white it shines,<br \/>\nOver the steel-tipped, ordered lines.<br \/>\nHats Off!<br \/>\nThe colors before us fly;<br \/>\nBut more than the flag is passing by.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sea-flights and land-fights, grim and great,<br \/>\nFought to make and to save the State:<br \/>\nWeary marches and sinking ships;<br \/>\nCheers of victory on dying lips;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Days of plenty and years of peace;<br \/>\nMarch of a strong land&#8217;s swift increase;<br \/>\nEqual justice, right and law,<br \/>\nStately honor and reverend awe;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sign of a nation, great and strong<br \/>\nTo ward her people from foreign wrong:<br \/>\nPride and glory and honor,&#8211;all<br \/>\nLive in the colors to stand or fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hats off!<br \/>\nAlong the street ther comes<br \/>\nA blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums;<br \/>\nAnd loyal hearts are beating high:<br \/>\nHats off!<br \/>\n<a title=\"American Flags\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/american_flags.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> The flag is passing by!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flag Goes By Henry Holcomb Bennett (1863-1924) Parade of flags &nbsp; Hats off! Along the street there comes A Blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, A flash of color beneath the sky: Hats off! The flag is passing by! Blue and crimson and white it shines, Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines. Hats Off! 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