When I see this flag, I think of the the troops that are in Iraq during the winter while we are at home warm by the fires with our families. They are out there defending the country they love and their beloved families that live here. As you can see, this flag is old and torn, but yet it's still standing strong. It hasn't lost it's color and can survive through it all, just like those troops who have gone through really hard times, but they still stand strong and they can reunite with their families again!
By Sonia
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You captured a very moving photo and it's meaning.Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for leaving a comment. I don't get on here that often, and I wanted to posted up some new photos. I really do enjoy looking at this photo. You're right, it is a very moving photo and it has great great meaning!
They are not defending the country they love. They are invading another one.
I beg to differ with merry50 . They are following orders from the President of the United States of America. They are defending our freedom as well as helping other country's to gain theirs. If it were not for our troops in every war, we would not be free to have freedom of speech, let alone freedom of any kind.
Reminds me of this poem:
"Ragged Old Flag"
I walked through a county courthouse square
On a park bench, an old man was sittin' there.
I said, "Your old court house is kinda run down,
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town".
I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit,
And that's a ragged old flag you got hangin' on it".
He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down,
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town"
"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there,
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
and It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching it,
writing "Say Can You See"
It got a rip in New Orleans, with Packingham & Jackson
tugging at its seams.
and It almost fell at the Alamo
beside the Texas flag,
But she waved on though.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville,
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee and Beauregard and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on
That Ragged Old Flag
"On Flanders Field in World War I,
She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun,
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp, and low, a time or two,
"So we raise her up every morning
And we bring her down slow every night,
We don't let her touch the ground,
And we fold her up right.
On second thought
I *do* like to brag
Cause I'm mighty proud of
That Ragged Old Flag"
I hope that the custodian of this flag has since retired it from active duty. If you don't know how to retire a flag properly, please contact your local Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts and they will be able to connect you with a troop that does retirements throughout the year.
Shame on you Merry50!That our men are not defending our Country. You mean you are living here, in this Country, in the land of the Free, able to say what you want, when you want it, and you can say that about our people over there?
Here is a link, which states: "The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary. When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner." www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html
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