Show old glory has waved over Us for one ona hundred and forty years it Is the sentiment uniting Us As A nation trial that makes it more to Us than A beautiful piece of cloth it means liberty and union now and forever one and inseparable n bp LANE n fla g secretary Secre tarp of the interior NE morning 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 rooming morning mr flag maker 1 q I beg your pardon old glory I 1 said you are 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 hi in new york or pushed the opening of that new ditch in colombo Colom do 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 to be I 1 give you greeting mr flag maker D a a a Test yesterday erday 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 tha flag yesterday we made a new law to prevent financial p panics inias 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 race we lve are all making the flag but I 1 said impatiently these people were only working then came a great shout about the flag let me tell you who I 1 am the work that we do is the making of the real flag 1 I am not the flag not at all I 1 am but its shadow 1 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 D D D D sometimes I 1 am strong with pride when men do an honest work fitting the rails together truly I 1 sometimes I 1 droop and then purpose has gone from me and then cynically I 1 play the coward sometimes I 1 am loud garish and full of that ego that blasts judgment but always I 1 am all that you hope to be and have the courage to try for 1 I 1 am song and fear struggle and panic an ennobling hope 1 I am the days work of the vea weakest kest 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 q I am the 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 0 0 el el 17 1 I am no more than what you believe me to be and I 1 am all that you V ou 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 a symbol of yourself a pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this nation my stars and my stripes are your dreams and your labors they are bright with cheer brilliant with courage firm with faith because caus you have made them so out of your hearts for you are tho the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making |