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Pledge of Allegiance I
pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We need this put back in our schools!
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Flag Etiquette Federal law stipulated many aspects of
flag etiquette. The section of law dealing with American Flag etiquette is generally referred to as the Flag Code. Some general
guidelines from the Flag Code answer many of the most common questions: - The flag should be lighted at all
times, either by sunlight or by an appropriate light source.
- The flag should be flown in fair weather, unless the
flag is designed for inclement weather use.
- The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is flown upside
down only as a distress signal.
- The flag should not be used for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white,
and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.
- The flag should
never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed, or otherwise impressed on such articles
as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should
not be attached to the staff halyard (line of rope).
- The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic
uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, fireman, policeman, and members of patriotic
organizations.
- The flag should never have any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind
placed on it, or attached to it.
- The flag should never be used for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
- When
the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and
arms. To store the flag, it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.
- 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.
Star
Spangled Banner lyrics and information came from http://www.contemplator.com.
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Star Spangled Banner
Lesley Nelson-Burns
This melody was first published
in England circa 1780 as To Anacreon in Heaven. The melody was probably written by British composer John Stafford
Smith. The words to that song were written by Ralph Tomlinson. Both were members of the Anacreontic Club of London. To Anacreon in Heavenwas their theme song. The Anacreontic Club was a group of wealthy men who met to celebrate music, food and drink.
The melody was particularly popular in America during the War of 1812 and several Americans wrote patriotic
songs to it. The most famous of these was Francis Scott Key, an American lawyer. While aboard an English
ship trying to secure the release of a friend, Francis Scott Key witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry. When the bombardment
was over, the American flag was still flying. He wrote a poem The Defense of Fort McHenry, which was first printed
anonymously on a broadside in 1814. On September 20 it was published in The Baltimore Patriot. Key's brother-in-law suggested he set the words
to the tune To Anacreon in Heaven. When the sheet music was published in 1815, the name was changed to The Star
Spangled Banner. The song was first adopted by the army and navy as the national anthem. It was officially recognized
as the American National Anthem in 1931 by an act of Congress.
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Do you know the words to The Star
Spangled Banner? If your an American, you should! 
Click the sound file below to listen to Star Spangled Banner played by The US Marine Band in 1953
Star Spangled Banner
Lesley Nelson-Burns
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What
so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er
the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where
the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully
blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected,
now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home
of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge
could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner
in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O, thus be it ever when freemen
shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued
land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er
the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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