Show ay 14 I 1 I 1 OF r al 4 4 64 ro T 4 A ir ak ayt dazy I 1 revolved ved that tae flag of the thirteen united states be th arteen stripes alternate red and white that the union be thirteen stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation journal continental congress june 14 1777 introduction by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN OW after memorial day and before independence day comes flag day our soldier deade the flag they died to uphold I 1 the declaration of independence that gave us the flag I 1 the star spangled banner of the united states of america Is the handsomest flag that flies the pro portions of the flag are perfect the design of the flag Is pleasing to the eye the colors of the I 1 hag lag form the most beau ticul combination known to man the significance of the flag even overmatches tebes the beauty of the flag the flag has ever led to victory following the flag we vie have marched across the continent and have increased the new constellation to 48 stars the flag now floats over the wealthiest and most pon pow erful nation of earth the star spangled banner Is the oldest flag the handsomest flag and the most inspiring flag that flies what follows Is worthy of the flag and of flag p day the flag goes by was written by henry hoi hol comb bennett author artist poet and patriot athe makers of the flag was delivered on oil flag day 1914 1014 before the employees of the department of the interior at washington by the late franklin fi K lane secretary of the interior and the prest impossibility because helas he was born across the he canadian border president harding hardings s words are a part of his ad dregs at the dedication of the francis scott key memorial at fort mchenry baltimore june 14 1922 THE FLAG GOES BY hats off I 1 along the street there cornea comes A blare of bugles a ruffle of drums A flash of color beneath the sky hats off I 1 the flag Is passing by blue and white and crimson it shines over the steel tipped ordered lines hats off I 1 the colors before us fly but more than the flag Is passing by it sea fights and land fights grim and great fought to make and to save the state weary marches ind sinking ships cheers of victory on dying lips days of plenty and years of peace march of at strong land s swift increase equal justice right and law stately honor and reverent awe KA sign of a nation great and strong ft to ward her people from foreign wrong ra pride and glory and honor all WM a I 1 ive lye in the colors to stand or fall hats off I 1 ea itz along the street there comes ita 3 A blare of bugles a ruffle of drums sa Z and iogal lo 10 al hearts are beating high ft hats off 1 1 3 the flag is passing by rg Z ft S MAKERS OF THE FLAG g this morning as I 1 passed into the land office ft i the fla flan dropped me a most cordial salutation and i from its rippling folds I 1 heard it say goo I 1 morn IZ ing mr nag maker I 1 beg your pardon old glory I 1 said dren t a ft you mi mistaken stalen I 1 am not tl ti e president of tho th unit N ed states nor a member of congress nor even yen a ft general in the army I 1 am only a goi government pa ft clerk ita 1 I 1 greet you again mr air flag maker replied the gg gay voice I 1 know you well w ell you are the man who worked in the swelter of yesterday straight ening out the tangle of that farmers home homestead M in idaho or perhaps you found the mistake lk 1 that a indian contract in oklahoma or helped to le clear lear that patent for the hopeful inventor in new 0 ork sa IM or pushed the opening of that new ditch in col 0 orado or made that mine in illinois more safe sat or y a ZVI brought relief to the old soldier in wyoming no matter whichever one of these beneficent bals you may happen to be I 1 give you greeting mr 11 hag lag maker I 1 was about to pass on when the flag stopped me with these words yesterday the president spoke a word that 1 made happier the future of 10 peons a in mexico but that act looms no larger on the flag than the struggle which the boy in georgia la is making to win the corn club prize this summer yesterday the congress spoke a word which will open the door of alaska but a mother in mic michigan higan worked from sunrise until far into the I 1 night to give her boy an education she too Is 1 making the flag I 1 lest I 1 esterday erday we ne made a new law to prevent birian 1 caal panics and yesterday maybe a school teacher in ohio taught his first letters to a boy who will one day w m rite a song that will give cheer to the i millions of our race we are all making the flag but I 1 said impatiently these people were only working I 1 then came a great shout from the flag the work that we do Is the making of the flag I 1 am not the flag not at all I 1 am but its shadow I 1 am whatever you make me nothing more i I 1 am your belief in yourself your dream of 1 what a people may become 1 I 1 live a changing life a life of moods and pas slon i of heart breaks and tired muscles p sometimes home times I 1 am strong with pride when men P do an honest work fitting the rails together truly sometimes I 1 droop for then purpose has gone s i from me and cynically I 1 play the coward s 1 sometimes I 1 am loud garish and full of that i ego that blasts judgment but always I 1 am all that you hope to be and have the courage to try for I 1 am song and fear struggle and panic and p ennobling hope I 1 am the days day s work of the weakest man and S the largest dream of the most daring e I 1 am the constitution and the courts statutes and the statute makers soldier and dreadnought dread naught drayman and street sweep cook counselor and F clerk I 1 am the battle of yesterday and the mistake ra of tomorrow I 1 am the mystery of the men who do without IE knowing why IB I 1 am the clutch of an idea and the reasoned c i purpose of resolution 1 I am no more than what you believe me to be fy g and I 1 am all that you believe that I 1 can be I 1 am what you make me nothing more 3 I 1 swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color a 1 symbol of yourself the pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this nation my si and my stripes are your dream and your la bors they are bright with cheer brilliant with s courage firm with faith because you have made them so out of 3 sour our hearts tor for you are the mak ers of the he flag and it Is well that you glory in the making a FRANCIS SCOTT KEY MEMORIAL y PS my fellow americans the shrines of american pa patriotism not only reflect the quality of its gratt te tude but they are ever refreshing and inspiring fg PA we are tire assembled today to rededicate one of these ea sacred shrines we are met to commemorate a historic victory in arms when hen the young republic gg was first asserting its national rights against an ormed foe and we are met to commemorate a very unique achievement in the literature of na 11 y lional inspiration here the patriotic sons of tha a early republic crushed one of the most ambitious T invasions ever aimed against our nation here foa during the rage of combat was born the swelling anthem of american patriotism A sa it Is wholly fitting that flag day should be chosen tor for this commemoration and rededication vf because our hymn of patriotism Is an apostrophe to the flag we love yea it Is apostrophe and in vocation as well born of a patriotic and poetic soul in the travail of a sublimely heroic night a a it if one forgetting the music will mill ponder that poem of battle and victory and thanksgiving if 10 think he be will comprehend the elements that have m made it great great as a song of patriotism and exaltation great merely as a piece of poetical por tr alture the first stanza tells the anxiety with which after the bombardment had ceased the author peered through the mists of dawn and asked the one question whose answer would tell the fateful story t can you see by th the e d dawn aw s e early ar illy lit lusht g ht what so proudly we hall d a at t the the t twilight w gh a S last gleaming 7 in tho the second stanza he glimpses the banner and bursts into song of rejoicing the third stanza Is a defiance of the oppressor and then in tha the 40 fourth and last stanza we find the note of thanks giving the prayer that the victory may be gustv M fled in the conduct of a race of freemen JP y olivi i 0 thus be it ever when freemen shall stand between their lov lovd d home and the wars desolation that was the poets prayer we may fairl claim in pride for the deeds of our fathers our sons our brothers the prayer has been granted the faith bag has been kept it Is the hope of every american heart today that it will continue to be kept the intervening century had has brought our country power and big high place it has cast upon us heavy burdens of re i making us share the difficult problems 1 of a world in the turmoil of a new time we need all the inspiration and faith which fired his glo 4 i ing soul of patriotism no generation of men has ever come into the world to find its path smoothed or to find its problems solved tor for it la in advance solution Is the fit price we pay for ouri our great inheritance of liberty and opportunity the outstanding and the reassuring thought oti 01 today Is the supreme exaltation of key in the hour of great trial to reveal reneal the soul of a pa I 1 t triot ariot in the night of surpassing anxiety and devotion to country i no concern for self narrowed his thought no p f i glorification of the individual marred his vision no pursuit of fame set his soul ablaze no pep per l 1 bonal advantage hindered bis his pen ills his coun country r and ills its concern for its safety were combined I 1 in his all consuming thought the nation was tl tj e great uplifting and exalting love in this im anxious self sacrificing exalting and ex alting love of country transcending all else ieya reached the sublime heights and wrote the poetic revelation of an american soul aflame an american citizen ship of the high and simple faith of francis scott key ley aflame for defense and no less devoted in meeting the problems of peace will rill add to the luster of the banner he so i proudly acclaimed every glittering star Is fixed i every worth while procession Is the more impresa i sive for its bearing every passion for country is refined by its unfolding on ships of mercy or vessels of war in the armed camp or at the memo rials mills of peace in rejoicing procession or flying from the staff over the temples of tb the I 1 schooling youth of america everywhere it please pleases the eye and reassures the heart and stirs tt tl e soul until we sing in all confidence with the poet patriot v the star spangled banner in triumph shall wave 0 er aba and of th the e tree and the home of the brave |