Today, June 14th is celebrated as Flag Day when we run Old Glory up the flagpole and salute. When we pledge allegiance in our schoolrooms we still say "under God". Last week at a family funeral the cemetery was covered with small flags the week after Memorial Day which used to be called "Decoration Day" to honor lost service men and women. And if a departed member of your family served his/her country you will always recall the moment you were presented with the neatly folded flag - triangular - with the stripes folded into the stars. For those of you too young to remember WWII, war with Japan was declared December 8, 1941 - the day after the attack on Hawaii. It lasted until August 15, 1945. During those 40+ difficult months the Philadelphia Daily News each day printed a picture of our flag in the upper corner of page one with the inscription "She'll fly over Tokyo." Some things you never forget.
tjs
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