The Flag

1777-1795 Thirteen Stripes, Thirteen Stars 1795-1818 Fifteen Stripes. Fifteen Stars The Flag (Selected) Stars of the early dawning set in a field of blue, Stripes of the sunrise splendor, crimson and white of hue ; Flag of our fathers' fathers, born on the field of strife, Phoenix of fiery battle risen from human life, Given for God and freedom sacred indeed the trust Left by the countless thousands returned to the silent dust.

July 4, 1912 Thirteen Stripes, Forty-eight Stars l-'lai: of a mighty nation, waving aloft unfurled, Kissed by the sun of heaven, caressed by the winds o' the world; (Greater than kingly power, greater than all mankind, Conceived in the need of the hour, inspired by the Master Mind. Over the living children, over the laureled grave, Streaming on high in the cloudless sky, banner our fathers gave. Flag of a new-born era, token of every right Wrung from a tyrant power, unawed by a tyrant's might: Facing again the menace outflung from a foreign shore, Meeting again the challenge as met in the years before; Under thy spangled folds thy children await to give All that they have or are that the flag they love shall live. Port Huron, Mich. — Charles G. Crellin.