Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-07-28
OUR FLAG
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When YOU the Stars and Stripes displayed son,
stand up and take off Your hat!
Somebody may litter. You may basphcmc in the
street and staggcr drunken in public places, and thu
by ISLANDERS will not pay much attention u YOU; but y
YOU should gel down knees III the stree" and
Almighty God, or il YOU should stand barrhradrl
while company Of old soldiers march by With their
flag to the breeze people would think you arc show
ing off.
But don't YOU mind! When Old Glory along,
salute, and let them think what they please! When YOU
hear the band play Tho Star Spanged Banner, while
you in restaurant or hotel dining room, get mp.
YOU rise alone stand there and don't be ashamed
of it, either!
For Of all the signs and symbols since the world be-
gan, there is another 50 full Of meaning tn"
flag al this country.
That piece Of rod white anil blue bunting means fiyc
thousand years Of struggle upward 1t is the full blown
flower of ages of fighting for liberty 1t IS the century
plant of human hope in bloom
1t the answered prayer of generations of slaves
of the heots of Greece of the human chaels of Rome
of the vsss of fcudasm, of the serfs of Russia of the
blacks OF America, of all who whipped and cursed have
crawelcd from the cradle the grave through all time.
Your flag stands for humanity for equal oppor
tunty to all the Of men, OF course, haven't
rived yet II the goal; there many niusticcs yet
many sensrcss and cruel customs Of the past
Still clinging to MS, but the only hope Of rightnG the
OF meu lies III the feeling produced iii our hos"ms
lN tho >i"ht OF that flag.
t. stan for II is not an English. eli ar
German flag 1t stands for men, of any blood who
will come aud live with lis under It's protection 1t is the
only banner TINT means mankind.
II means the richest, happcst, youngest people the
globe.
Other flags glorious past, this flag glorious
future 1t il much the flag Of fathers II II
the flag Of children, ana Of all chidrcn's children
yet unborn Ii is the flag Of tomorrow. II is the signal
of the Good Time Coming" 1t is not the flag of your
king, is the flag of yourself and of all your ncghbors
II has power concealed in its folds and scattcrs
abroad Influence from its fluttcrings That power
and influence that in due Time slowly and by force
of law surely the footsteps of God the last ancient
fraud shall be snittcn, the last nnearned privilege
moved, the last lrrcguarity right the Inst shalt
have place 10 work and living wage, the last
shall aye all her rights Of person, md the last and least
Of children shall be sheltered and trained and cquipp"
by the sovereign state and have their right to live
Don't be ashamed when your throat chokcs and the
tears come yon it flying from the of ship
in the bay of Gibraltar the port of Singapore You
will never hive worthcr emotion
That flag is the concentrated Of the best i'm
pulses of the human
BY hundreds and by thousands the wrctchcd victims
of old world castr streaming westward seeking here
the thing TINT flag stands for opportunity.
II stands for the quick against the end, The youth Of
the world against scnity.
1t stands for the open door of ambition against the
closed doors of caste.
II stands for the stability of vigorous growth against
the fiXedness of hoary institutions
1t defiance all ghosts they that hive for long
intmidated men; the ghost of monarchy the ghost of
arstocracy the ghost Of war and all their kind that still
lay shadowy hnnds upon the life Of Europe and Asia
And When nj Inst shall convene III The Hague that
august parliament Of man and federation Of the world"
what better ensign could be ho4ted above their bcrn
tons than the flag Of the United States Of America
which has stood for the race nor the
pride of blood but always and only for human righsi
Listen, som The band is playing Tho Star Spangled
Banner They have let loose Old Glory yonder. Stand
up Some people there are smiling nj us Stand
up bare Your head, lift up eyes and thank God that
yon I've under TINT flag, which means the redemption Of