FLAG DAY

I lifted this from Pam at Atlas Shrugs. Great pictures and great sentiment.







FROM ATLAS SHRUGS:

I love it. Love that flag. Overwhelms me. I so get it. All of it. What it means, what it meant, what it still means. What it will always mean.It thrills me. Every time I salute it or look up to it, it fills me with pride.

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of Victory
As he defeated - dying -
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!
– by Emily Dickinson