Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-15
Old Glory 1856 Today

Old Glory 1856 Ioday
THE flag O. the United States is one hundred and
L sXty-sX years old today having been authorized as
the national emblem by Congress on June H. III.
Accordingly We are having our ANIMAL flag Day
o6ServerrS here IN TINS ifeo ANA me adot'1
In much NJ thc. rest o. the word zoo, me nag Is
being 8isuavrd with u,lic md carried with honor And
so this Is very miltsslvTr7--I ana Is beng most
widely and at.e. tonatey and appreCaufcN observed
i-rf4ui..s however as Gen Douglas Macarthur,
commando al of aau,d forces IN the Southwest Pacific
has impress upon his IA. the American flag IS not being
honcrr,5 .,,ssy lere m tae world
i'm t7. Is. ,z 5nsas of t6e Pacific from the tip Of
the Naut 10 taa Phl.pphe atehiI'laso mere ere
thereon o' aa r.a- th,
THESE possessions b3v, been seized by powerful
enemy md are being held by that enemy.
The defenders Of these American possessions have
been saa..t,grr. or nrlsoncd American civilians have
been mnlL4-LL and G,llY abused American soil has
been not merely violated but devastated and is progress
siycl being consolidated Tor military purposes and eco
NOME czDolt4ton bv the enemy And, of course, the
American fac his been tramp!cd upon and insulted
OF al! tnFse oSpoied possessions IN me racine only
the TINS ltt.o island Of Attn has been reclaimed
All ha continue to be the conquests of our foes
- 9fa5a~t trc7, u course. Gorrcg1dor is the symbol
"Corrcgidor surrendered full year ago Gen Mac
Arthur wrote on the occasion Of this darkest of all our
"IntrinsicaIy it i but barren war worn rock,
haowcd many other places by death and disaster.
Yet il symboIizeS within itself that priceless, death
less thing-the honor Of nation.
Until we lift our flag from its dust, stand unre-
deemed before mankind.
Until claim again the CHASTITY remnants Of It's
last, gaunt horizon but stand humble sup
pIcants before Almighty God
There lies Holy Grail"
ct -FefIeet-HFeff- theseehaiehgihe words
l. observe our Flag
There no flag Of the United States Corregidor
There is none over the infamous Santo Tomas prison
in Manila where than three thousand American
civilians men. women and children, confined under
Undesirable and unspeakabe conditions OF barbary and
degradation.
There is none in the japanese prison camps at
Shanghai including te BesHf Bridge House where other
thousands of famished i'll and savagey msreated Amer-
cans are confronting death and worse.
There is only hope IN those foriOTn ana fOrsaKcn
Understanding and diminishing hope as the endless
DAYS pass, but hope nevertheless
When we going to Justify and fulfill that hope
wv HEN we going to undertake the total war
w against Japan and employ the forces of total war
which we now have in such abundance against Japan?
When as Gen Macarthur says, are we going to lift
our flag from its dust and be redeemed before mankind
and especially be redeemed before abandoned fellow
Americans and before own conception OF duty and
honor?
Flag Day is proud and inspiring occasion.
The beautiful flag honor is the emblem of all we
cherish
But let us observe the day and honor the flag mind
full of the task that before beratng our despoed
possessions and in Justifyng the faith OF our unhappy
countrymen.
This the best of all occasions for consccrating
selves that task Let ourselves that another
Flag Day will not find il unfulfled.