Author: Noel Jameson
Email: noeljameson (@) gmail.com
Why is June the perfect month for patriotic quotes? BecauseFlag Day falls on June 14th of course! Flag Day was first celebrated in 1877, commemorating the adoption of the United States flag back in 1777. A one-hundred- year anniversary, so to speak. This Flag Day let's show our patriotic pride with these ten patriotic quotes celebrating and honoring the American Flag.
1. "Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it,and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's foundersand heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storiedhistory, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best ofthis nation." ~ Joe Barton
2. "We do not consecrate the flag by punishing itsdesecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom thischerished emblem represents." ~ William J. Brennan
3. "Our flag is not just one of many political points ofview. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity."~ Adrian Cronauer
4. "We have room for but one flag, the American flag, andthis excludes the red flag which symbolizes all warsagainst liberty and civilization just as much as itexcludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we arehostile. We have room for but one language here and that isthe English language, for we intend to see that thecrucible turns our people out as Americans, of Americannationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boardinghouse; and we have room for but one, sole loyalty, and thatloyalty is to the American people." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
5. "If anyone, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I sayto him - it means just what Concord and Lexington meant;what Bunker Hill meant; which was, in short, the rising upof a valiant young people against an old tyranny toestablish the most momentous doctrine that the world hadever known - the right of men to their own selves and totheir liberties." ~Henry Ward Beecher
6. "That piece of red, white and blue bunting means fivethousand years of struggle upwards. It is the full-grownflower of ages of fighting for liberty. It is the centuryplant of human hope in bloom." ~ Alvin Owsley
7. "We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mothercountry, separating it by white stripes, thus showing thatwe have separated from her, and the white stripes shall godown to posterity, representing our liberty." ~ GeorgeWashington
8. "Our flag means all that our fathers meant in theRevolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration ofIndependence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness... . Every color means liberty. Everythread means liberty. Every star and stripe meansliberty." ~ Henry Ward Beecher
9. "The flag of the United States has not been created byrhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and inbills of rights. It has been created by the experience ofa great people, and nothing is written upon it that has notbeen written by their life. It is the embodiment, not of asentiment, but of a history." ~ Woodrow Wilson
10. "I have seen the glories of art and architecture, andmountain and river; I have seen the sunset on the Jungfrau,and the full moon rise over Mont Blanc; but the fairestvision on which these eyes ever looked was the flag of mycountry in a foreign land. Beautiful as a flower to thosewho hate it, terrible as a meteor to those who hate it, itis the symbol of the power and glory, and the honor, offifty million Americans." ~ George Frisbie Hoar
So remember, it's not just a piece of cloth - it's a symbolof challenge, victory, freedom and pride. It's a reminder of what those who went before us had to do to guarantee our freedoms. The American Flag is, and always will be, one of the most significant symbols of all time. Let's remember that on this Flag Day as we reflect on these ten patriotic quotes.
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