Our Troops!!

Here's to the red of it,
There's not a thread of it,
No, not a shred of it,
In all the spread of it,
From foot to head,
For heroes bled for it,
Faced steel and lead for it,
Precious blood shed for it,
Bathing in red. ---
John Daily, A TOAST to the FLAG

Cheers for the sailors that
fought on the wave for it,
Cheers for the soldiers that
always were brave for it,
Tears for the men that went
down to the grave for it,
Here comes the Flag! ---
Arthur Macy - THE FLAG

What flower is this that greets
the morn,
Its hues from Heaven so freshly
born?
With burning star and flaming
band
It kindles all the sunset land:
Oh tell us what its name may
be,-
Is this the Flower of Liberty?
It is the banner of the free,
The starry Flower of Liberty.-
O.W.Holmes,The Flower of Liberty


				*Our Troops!!*