Show old glory has WV waved i ed over ove r Us for on ona a H hun dred and forty years it Is the sentiment uniti Us As A nation that malles it more to Us th piece of clothe it meanda liberty A union now and forever one and inseparably kl ar A bp FRA K LANE cn e fa ay I 1 0 the interior pe NE moi mo Aing as I 1 passed into the land office the flag dropped me a most cordial salutation and from its rippling folds I 1 heard it say good morning mr flag maker 1 I beg your pardon old glory I 1 said you are arc mistaken I 1 am not the president of the united states nor the vice president 4 not a member of congress nor a general in the army I 1 am only a government clerk well you helped to clear that patent for the hopeful in new york or pushed the opening of that new ditch in colordo Colo ido or made that mine in illinois more safe or brought relief to the old soldier in wyoming no matter whichever one of these beneficent individuals you may happen haplea to be I 1 give you greeting mr flag maker 0 11 0 0 yesterday the congress spoke the word which will open the door of alaska but a mother in michigan worked from sunrise until far into the night to give her boy an education she too is making the flag yesterday we made a new law to prevent financial panics yesterday no doubt a schoolteacher school teacher in ohio taught his first letters to a boy who will write a song that will give cheer to millions of our olur race we are all making the flag tiit but I 1 said impatiently these people were only working then came a great shout about the flag 1 let me tell you who I 1 am I 1 1 as the work that we do is the making of the real flag 1 1 1 ri 1 am not the flag not at all I 1 am but its shadow 1 11 I am whatever you make me nothing more 1 I am your belief in yourself your dream of what a people may become 1 I live a changing life a life of moods and passions of heart breaks and tired muscles 11 11 11 0 sometimes I 1 am strong with pride when men do an honest work fitting the rails together truly sometimes I 1 droop and then purpose has gone from me and then cynically I 1 play the abe coward sometimes I 1 am loud garish and full of that ego go that balasta judgment i P but always I 1 am all that you hope to be and have the courage to try for 1 1 I I am song and fear struggle and panic an ennobling hope 1 I am the days work of the weakest man and the largest dream of the most daring 1 I am the constitution and the courts statutes and statute makers soldier and dreadnought dread naught drayman and street sweep cook counselor and clerk 1 I am the tha battle of yesterday and the mistake of tomorrow 1 I am the mystery of the men who do without knowing why 1 I am the clutch of an idea and the reasoned purpose of resolution 13 11 a 13 0 1 I am no more than what you believe me to be and I 1 am all that you believe I 1 can be 1 I am what you make me nothing more 1 I swing before your eyes as a bright dream of color fi a symbol of yourself a pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this thia nation my stars and my stripes are your dreams and your labors they are bright with cheer brilliant with courage firm with faith because you have made them so out of your hearts for you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making |