A boy held up the folded flag, Cursed it, and called it a dirty rag.
An old man pushed through the angry crowd,
With a rusty shotgun shouldered proud.
His uniform jacket was old and tight,
He had polished each button shiny and bright.
"Freedom of Speech" the old man said, "Is worth dying for, good men are dead,So you can stand on this courthouse lawn,
And talk us down from dusk to dawn. But before any flag gets burned today,
THIS OLD MAN IS GOING TO HAVE HIS SAY!!"
…”Tommy and I wasn't even full grown,
Before we fought in a war of our own.
And Tommy died on Iwo Jima's beach Where five good men raised this flag so high,That the WHOLE WORLD COULD SEE IT FLY!”... -Battle of the Flag Written by Gary Huddleston
Why must we disrespect the
An old man pushed through the angry crowd,
With a rusty shotgun shouldered proud.
His uniform jacket was old and tight,
He had polished each button shiny and bright.
"Freedom of Speech" the old man said, "Is worth dying for, good men are dead,So you can stand on this courthouse lawn,
And talk us down from dusk to dawn. But before any flag gets burned today,
THIS OLD MAN IS GOING TO HAVE HIS SAY!!"
…”Tommy and I wasn't even full grown,
Before we fought in a war of our own.
And Tommy died on Iwo Jima's beach Where five good men raised this flag so high,That the WHOLE WORLD COULD SEE IT FLY!”... -Battle of the Flag Written by Gary Huddleston
Why must we disrespect the