I am the flag of the United States of America

I am the flag of the United States of America.

(Image courtesy of the Westminster Municipal Band – they are awesome. Just saying.)

My name is Old Glory.

I fly atop the world's tallest buildings.

I stand watch in America's halls of justice.

I fly majestically over institutions of learning.

I stand guard with power in the world.

Look up and see me.

I stand for peace, honor, truth and justice.

I stand for freedom. I am confident.

I am arrogant. I am proud.

When I am flown with my fellow banners,

My head is a little higher,

My colors a little truer.

I bow to no one!

I am recognized all over the world.

I am worshipped - I am saluted.

I am loved - I am revered.

I am respected - I am feared.

I have fought in every battle of every war for more than 200 years.

I was flown at Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Shiloh and Appamatox.

I was there at San Juan Hill, the trenches of France, in the Argonne Forest, Anzio, Rome and the beaches of Normandy.

Guam, Okinawa, Korea and KheSan, Saigon, Vietnam know me.

I was there. I led my troops.

I was dirty, battleworn and tired,

but my soldiers cheered me and I was proud.

I have been burned, torn and trampled on the streets of countries

I have helped set free. It does not hurt for I am invincible.

I have been soiled upon, burned, torn and trampled in the streets of my country.

And when it's done by those whom I've served in battle - it hurts.

But I shall overcome - for I am strong.

I have slipped the bonds of earth and

stood watch over the uncharted frontiers of space from my vantage point on the moon.

I have born silent witness to all of America's finest hours.

But my finest hours are yet to come.

When I am torn into strips and used as bandages for my wounded comrades on the battle field,

when I am flown at halfmast to honor my soldier,

or when I lie in the trembling arms of a grieving parent at the grave of their fallen son or daughter,

I am proud.

I am the flag of the United States of America.

Originally entitled, My Name is Old Glory by Howard Schnauber

© 1994 the author [Mr. Schnauber has given permission to the public to use this poem for program or publishing purposes. Please credit the Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive, Oral History Interview of Mr. Howard Schnauber, the author.]

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Westminster Municipal election May 14, 2019

Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

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I am the flag of the United States of America

I am the flag of the United States of America.

(Image courtesy of the Westminster Municipal Band – they are awesome. Just saying.)

My name is Old Glory.
I fly atop the world's tallest buildings.
I stand watch in America's halls of justice.
I fly majestically over institutions of learning.
I stand guard with power in the world.
Look up and see me.

I stand for peace, honor, truth and justice.
I stand for freedom. I am confident.
I am arrogant. I am proud.
When I am flown with my fellow banners,
My head is a little higher,
My colors a little truer.
I bow to no one!
I am recognized all over the world.
I am worshipped - I am saluted.
I am loved - I am revered.
I am respected - I am feared.

I have fought in every battle of every war for more than 200 years.
I was flown at Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Shiloh and Appamatox.
I was there at San Juan Hill, the trenches of France, in the Argonne Forest, Anzio, Rome and the beaches of Normandy.
Guam, Okinawa, Korea and KheSan, Saigon, Vietnam know me.
I was there. I led my troops.
I was dirty, battleworn and tired,
but my soldiers cheered me and I was proud.

I have been burned, torn and trampled on the streets of countries
I have helped set free. It does not hurt for I am invincible.
I have been soiled upon, burned, torn and trampled in the streets of my country.
And when it's done by those whom I've served in battle - it hurts.
But I shall overcome - for I am strong.
I have slipped the bonds of earth and
stood watch over the uncharted frontiers of space from my vantage point on the moon.
I have born silent witness to all of America's finest hours.
But my finest hours are yet to come.
When I am torn into strips and used as bandages for my wounded comrades on the battle field,
when I am flown at halfmast to honor my soldier,
or when I lie in the trembling arms of a grieving parent at the grave of their fallen son or daughter,

I am proud.
I am the flag of the United States of America.

Originally entitled, My Name is Old Glory by Howard Schnauber
© 1994 the author [Mr. Schnauber has given permission to the public to use this poem for program or publishing purposes. Please credit the Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive, Oral History Interview of Mr. Howard Schnauber, the author.]

https://www.ausa.org/i-am-flag

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Westminster Municipal election May 14, 2019

Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

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Retired hose flags - Kevin Dayhoff

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Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

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Westminster Municipal election May 14, 2019

Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

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Retired hose flags - Kevin Dayhoff

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95-year-old Bob Dole stands from his wheelchair at the Capitol

95-year-old Bob Dole stands from his wheelchair at the Capitol

4Dec2018 - 95-year-old Bob Dole stands from his wheelchair at the Capitol to salute the casket of fellow World War II veteran - President George H.W. Bush.

By all rights, 21-year-old Bob Dole should have been dead after being shot by Germans in WW2, and 20-year-old George Bush after being shot out of the sky by the Japanese.

Stand for the flag - kneel for the cross.

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95-year-old Bob Dole stands from his wheelchair at the Capitol

95-year-old Bob Dole stands from his wheelchair at the Capitol

4Dec2018 - 95-year-old Bob Dole stands from his wheelchair at the Capitol to salute the casket of fellow World War II veteran - President George H.W. Bush.

By all rights, 21-year-old Bob Dole should have been dead after being shot by Germans in WW2, and 20-year-old George Bush after being shot out of the sky by the Japanese.

Stand for the flag - kneel for the cross.

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One of the new features, at the Carroll County Fair

One of the new features, at the Carroll County Fair that we really like, are the American flags that line the pedestrian walkway from the parking. And every time we walk up the walkway, Caroline stops to stand and straighten each flag. She's a keeper. 4Aug2017

One of the new features, at the Carroll County Fair

One of the new features, at the Carroll County Fair that we really like, are the American flags that line the pedestrian walkway from the parking. And every time we walk up the walkway, Caroline stops to stand and straighten each flag. She's a keeper. 4Aug2017

At the Carroll County Fair for dinner

At the Carroll County Fair for dinner. I really like the American flags lining the pedestrian walkway. 29Jy2017

Really appreciated the Marine color guard and the Carroll County Young Marines retiring of the flag ceremony...

Really appreciated the Marine color guard and the Carroll County Young Marines retiring of the flag ceremony and Taps at the 11Sept2001 remembrance at the Carroll Co. Ag. Center. Sept. 16, 2016. Semper Fi.

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With the USMC color guard retiring the flag at the Carroll Co. Ag. Ctr Sept. 11, 2016

With the USMC color guard retiring the flag at the Carroll Co. Ag. Ctr Sept. 11, 2016 Semper Fi Never Forget

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Gunnar Mohlhenrich, on the left holds a new Thin Blue Line Flag

Gunnar Mohlhenrich, on the left holds a new Thin Blue Line Flag and Bob Cumberland holds the Md. State Flag on the back of Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1. Engine 31

The flags were purchased by career and volunteer staff out of pocket. Monday, August 1, 2016

The Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. was honored to have Del. Haven Shoemaker visit the July monthly meeting

The Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. was honored to have Del. Haven Shoemaker to take the time out of his busy schedule to visit the July monthly meeting and present the department with a new Maryland state flag. From left to right: past dept. president Bob Cumberland,  Del. Shoemaker, and current president Jim Bangerd. Thank you Del. Shoemaker. July 6, 2016

Fire CC Depts 03 Westminster, Flag, People Shoemaker-Haven

The Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. was honored to have Del. Haven Shoemaker visit the July monthly meeting

The Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. was honored to have Del. Haven Shoemaker to take the time out of his busy schedule to visit the July monthly meeting and present the department with a new Maryland state flag. 

From left to right: past dept. president Bob Cumberland,  Del. Shoemaker, and current president Jim Bangerd. Thank you Del. Shoemaker. July 6, 2016

The greatest play in baseball history took place 40 years ago on April 25, 1976 #Flag #greatestplayinbaseball #baseball #semperfi

The greatest play in baseball history took place 40 years ago on April 25, 1976 #Flag #greatestplayinbaseball #baseball #semperfi

The greatest play in baseball history took place 40 years ago on April 25, 1976

Chicago Cubs Outfielder Rick Monday who served in the US Marine Corps saved the flag on April 25, 1976

Flag-saving moment still winning salutes

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-04-25-rick-monday_x.htm

Updated 4/25/2006 2:49 AM ET By Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

The hand was trembling, the voice was quivering, and tears were running down his face.

The World War II soldier, who survived the Pearl Harbor attack, looked Rick Monday in the eyes, slowly raised his right arm, and saluted him.

"Thank you," Monday recalls the soldier telling him last year. "And thank you from all of my shipmates."

Thirty years ago today, Monday became an American hero.

It was the day he saved the American flag.

"It was the greatest heroic act that's ever happened on a baseball field," Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda said. "He protected the symbol of everything that we live for. And the symbol that we live in the greatest country in the world."

The Hall of Fame recently voted Monday's act as one of the 100 classic moments in the history of the game. Monday, who spent 19 years in the major leagues and is a Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster, will be honored tonight with a video tribute at Minute Maid Park in Houston.

They'll replay a grainy videotape that was discovered in 1984 showing two people jumping over the railing in left field and spreading the American flag onto the Dodger Stadium turf. One man dousing the flag with lighter fluid. The other lighting a match. And Monday, playing for the Chicago Cubs, running in from center field, grabbing the flag and carrying it to safety.

They'll play Vin Scully's voice from the radio broadcast: "Wait a minute, there's an animal loose. Two of them! I'm not sure what he's doing out there. It looks like he's going to burn a flag. ...

"And Rick Monday runs and takes it away from him!"

And perhaps the crowd will duplicate the same reaction as 30 years ago: sitting in stunned silence, then standing, cheering, and spontaneously singing God Bless America.

Read much more here:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-04-25-rick-monday_x.htm

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The American flag is flown proudly at Birdie's Coffee Cafe in Westminster.

The American flag is flown proudly at Birdie's Coffee Cafe in Westminster. One of many reasons I go out of my way to get my coffee at Birdie's http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-american-flag-is-flown-proudly-at.html 

Westminster Maryland Online: Eagle Archives Raise the flag, and maybe a 'cask o...

Westminster Maryland Online: Eagle Archives Raise the flag, and maybe a 'cask o...: Eagle Archives Raise the flag, and maybe a 'cask of public wine' to salute America By Kevin Dayhoff, June 10, 2013 http://tin...

Eagle Archives Raise the flag, and maybe a 'cask of public
wine' to salute America By Kevin Dayhoff, June 10, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/lf9ql8s

The American flag flies proudly at the Carroll Hospital
Center.  Photo by Kevin Dayhoff

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Labels: Annual
Flag Day June 14, Flag

Friday, June 14, is Flag Day. It's a day in which we not
only honor the flag of our nation, but also the freedom and the way of life it
symbolizes.

It was the Second Continental Congress, which sat in session
from May 10, 1775 to March 1, 1781, which passed the Flag Act of 1777 on June
14, 1777, during the American Revolution.

A representative from New Jersey, Francis Hopkinson, is
accepted by history as having been the designer of the first flag. He was a
poet and an artist who began serving on the Continental Navy Board in November
1776. It was in this capacity that Congressman Hopkinson began work on
"admiralty colors."

Historical accounts note that Hopkinson billed the Board of
Admiralty in 1780 for his work on the flag of the United States of America, as
well as several ornaments, devices, papers and other things related to
government, including the Great Seal of the United States.

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At Burger King at College Square Shopping Center in Westminster for lunch.

At Burger King at College Square Shopping Center in Westminster for lunch. 

Removal of American flag from Woodbine traffic circle sparks patriotic rally

Removal of American flag from Woodbine traffic circle sparks patriotic rally

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/howard/news/community/ph-ho-cf-flag-rally-1229-20111227,0,6354426.story

State highway decision riles neighbors, leads to large showing of troop support

By Kevin Rector, krector@tribune.com

December 27, 2011 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/howard/news/community/ph-ho-cf-flag-rally-1229-20111227,0,6354426.story

As the sun began to set over western Howard County on Dec. 23, dozens of people standing around and driving through the traffic circle at Woodbine Road and Old Frederick Road in Woodbine gazed up toward the sky, their eyes focused on a massive, billowing American flag hanging above the circle from the long arm of a crane. Many had changed or tweaked their holiday plans to be at the circle. Those coincidently passing by in their cars honked their horns loudly and shouted out their windows in support.

A large sign next to the crane, up a small hill from the circle, read, "Welcome Home U.S. TROOPS, United Patriots of Maryland."

The event, a rally of sorts, had been organized earlier in the week by Rhonda Winkler and her family, neighbors and friends — dozens of whom were at the event — as a show of patriotism, unity and undiminished resolve to fly the stars and stripes at the circle, despite what they have been told by the State Highway Administration.

The impetus behind the event, and the group's creation of the nonprofit United Patriots of Maryland, was the removal of a much smaller flag Winkler's family had placed on the circle by a state road crew last week.. http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/howard/news/community/ph-ho-cf-flag-rally-1229-20111227,0,6354426.story

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