{"id":240,"date":"2012-06-06T15:47:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T15:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2012-06-06T15:49:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T15:49:51","slug":"flag-of-the-united-states-i-am-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/american-flags\/flag-of-the-united-states-i-am-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Flag of the United States “I Am Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/td>\nTHE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES!!!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

I\u00a0Am Proud<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I am the flag of the United States of America.
\nMy name is Old Glory<\/a>.
\nI fly atop the world’s tallest buildings.
\nI stand watch in America’s halls of justice.
\nI fly majestically over institutions of learning.
\nI stand guard with power in the world.
\nLook up and see me.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I stand for peace, honor, truth and justice.
\nI stand for freedom.
\nI am confident.
\nI am arrogant.
\nI am proud.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

When I am flown with my fellow banners,
\nMy head is a little higher,
\nMy colors a little truer.
\nI bow to no one!<\/p>\n

I am recognized all over the world.
\nI am worshipped – I am saluted.
\nI am loved – I am revered.
\nI am respected – and I am feared.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I have fought in every battle
\nof every war
\nfor more then 200 years.<\/p>\n

I was flown at Valley Forge,
\nGettysburg, Shiloh and Appamatox.
\nI was there at San Juan Hill,
\nthe trenches of France,
\nin the Argonne Forest,
\nAnzio, Rome and the beaches of Normandy.<\/p>\n

Guam, Okinawa, Korea and
\nKheSan, Saigon, Vietnam know me.
\nI was there
\nI led my troops, I was dirty, battle\u00a0worn and tired,
\nBut my soldiers cheered me and I was proud.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I have been burned,
\ntorn and trampled on the\u00a0streets of countries I have helped set free.
\nIt does not hurt for I am invincible.
\nI have been soiled upon, burned, torn and
\ntrampled in the streets of my country.
\nAnd when it’s done by those
\nWhom I’ve served in battle – it hurts.
\nBut I shall overcome – for I am strong.<\/p>\n

I have slipped the bonds of Earth
\nand stood watch over the uncharted
\nfrontiers of space from my vantage point on the moon.
\nI have borne silent witness to all of America’s finest hours.<\/p>\n

But my finest hours are yet to come.<\/p>\n

When I am torn into strips and used as bandages
\nfor my wounded comrades on the battlefield,
\nWhen I am flown at half-mast to honor my soldier,
\nOr when I lie in the trembling arms of a grieving parent
\nat the grave of their fallen son or daughter,<\/p>\n

I am proud.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Please forward my message to all who still love
\nand respect me that I may fly proudly
\nfor another two hundred years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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