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Print with the American flag on it, with a quote from Edward Everett Hale. The flag is waving to the left proper. Underneath the flag is the poem.
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"AND FOR YOUR COUNTRY, BOY, AND FOR THAT FLAG. / NEVER DREAM A / DREAM BUT OF SERVING HER AS SHE BIDS YOU. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS / TO YOU, NO MATTER WHO FLATTERS YOU OR WHO ABUSES YOU, NEVER LOOK AT / ANOTHER FLAG, NEVER LET A NIGHT PASS BUT YOU PRAY TO GOD TO BLESS THAT / FLAG. REMEMBER, BOY, THAT 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. / EDWARD EVERETT HALE" (printed)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P678
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 (Author)
5 7/16 x 6 5/16 x 11/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1101
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