Flag Exercises for the Schools of the Nation |
Common terms and phrases
9 o'clock Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hamilton America American flag American's Creed April 27 August Battle Birthdays born Carl Schurz Child of Old classrooms conceived in Liberty country's dead Dear little flag December Declaration of Independence dedicated Dipped dream drum EDWARD EVERETT HALE equally Ericsson Exercises fathers brought February 22 flag bearers flagpole Freedom's crusaders George girl gives the order governed hath heart Henry Honor INVENTORS James January 11 January 29 Jefferson John Muir July 31 June land lives Louis Agassiz Lowell makers March 18 military style Monday mother Nation of traders never noble things Northwest Columbia River November October Old Glory PAINTERS Patriotic Anniversary Patriotic Songs peace principal gives principle pupils raised recitation salute Sargent SCULPTORS September 16 speak stand Stars and Stripes teacher tear Union UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN victory's won Washington Webster week William window woman's prayer wonderful flag
Popular passages
Page 5 - ... we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live...
Page 3 - I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag; and to defend it against all enemies.
Page 3 - I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy In a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
Page 5 - That Governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the governed and that no other powers should be supported by the common thought, purpose, or power of the family of nations.
Page 4 - Remember, boy, that behind all these men you have to do with, behind officers, and government, .and people even, there is the Country Herself, your Country, and that you belong to Her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by Her, boy, as you would stand by your mother, if those devils there had got hold of her to-day!
Page 5 - But in a larger sense we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — :we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
Page 5 - Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
Page 4 - And for your country, boy," and the words rattled in his throat, " and for that flag," and he pointed to the ship, " never dream a dream but of serving her as she bids you, though the service carry you through a thousand hells. No matter what happens to you, no matter who flatters you or...
Page 6 - I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself, the pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this nation. / My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors. They are bright with cheer, brilliant with courage, firm with faith, because you have made them so out of your hearts. For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.
Page 5 - That the essential principle of peace is the actual equality of nations in all matters of right or privilege...