OLD GLORY
HAS BECOME TATTERED AND TORN
On June 27, my wife Yvette and I were invited
guests to the final day of the annual reunion of the 1st Battalion,
, 327th Airborne Infantry, 1st Brigade, separate of the
101st Airborne Division. It
was a solemn day as departed members were remembered. Although we served in the military during
different eras, there is a camaraderie between brothers that cannot be earned in any
other walk of life. I believe our
country would not face the grave danger it does today if we had compulsory two
years training in the military. Two
years to debrief young minds of the anti-American indoctrination they receive
and have received in the public
educational system.
At the
reunion, I was given a sewn silver star about one and one-half inches across,
along with a short message that follows:
“I am
part of our American flag that has flown over the USA. I can no longer fly. The sun
and
winds caused me to become tattered and torn.
Please carry me as a reminder that
you are
not forgotten.”
The flag that flies over the White House and the Capitol
may have become tattered and torn because of the unconstitutional actions of an
oppressive and tyrannical government but, today in my heart she flies as proud
and majestic as she did when my immigrant Irish mother taught us to respect Old
Glory. One of our daily chores was to post Old
Glory in the railing bracket on our porch. Long may she fly over the homes of the free and the brave, and
thus be it ever.
In
spite of the demagogues who now occupy the seat of government in Washington,
DC; aided and abetted by an inept Congress, I’m still a proud American and pray that the American people will sweep the
Obama administration into the ash heap of history next year. (Copyright 2015-Andrew M. Dolan)
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