’tis the star-spangled banner, oh, long may it wave

o’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.

fag

as you came to school this morning, did you look up at your flag floating from the top of the flag pole? didn’t it look beautiful, waving and rippling in the sunshine against the blue sky? i wonder if you have ever thought about what it means?

you know flags are signs or emblems, and they all have a meaning.

boy looking up at flag

there is no reading on our american flag, yet everyone knows what it means as certainly as if there were letters all over it.

our flag means that the united states of america is the land of the free, and our government stands for:

liberty and justice for everybody;

[48]education for all children;

protection to all americans at home or abroad.

that is the reason so many people come to this country from countries where they do not have such help from the government.

we americans are very thankful for what our flag means.

if we are good americans we shall live up to every one of the following duties:

to be true and faithful citizens;

to do our part to carry out the laws of the government;

to give, if necessary, our lives to protect our flag.