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Show "WHEN WE SALUTE THE FLAG" Toledo (O.) Boy Wins First Prize In Essay Contest Conducted by Buckeye LeQlon Post. It took the thirteen-year-old son of a sailor to give the best reason for saluting the Stars and Stripes. Mark Winchester of Toledo, To-ledo, O., received $15 for the work of his patriotic pen, winning first prize In the essay contest given by the American Legion Le-gion post In To- ledo. "When we sa- I lute the flag," Mark wrote, "It Is but an outward motion of the patriotic patriot-ic feeling within. It Is not the mere physical movement that counts. It Is what It signifies. When we salute the Stars and Stripes we show reverence rever-ence for the flag that our forefathers made and preserved. It shows that we realize what the red, white and blue typifies." A little Russian girl won the second prize. She said she liked to salute our flag because this country, unlike Russia, had so few pogroms and starving children. |