If Our American Flag Could Talk On Flag Day
A reflective piece tracing the American flag through history from its 1777 origins to modern times. It covers its roles in battles from Brandywine to Iwo Jima, civil rights, and ongoing global presence, ending with a pledge to uphold liberty and national ideals. The voice emphasizes dignity, sacrifice, and the flag as a symbol of freedom and identity.
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Afghanistan
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Flag Day salute honors local war dead list expansion
The Aiken Standard publishes a Flag Day tribute updating its memorial list of local service members who died in World War I through Afghanistan. The editor adds previously omitted names from WWI and mid 20th century conflicts, plus Civil War and Confederate rolls, with details of each casualty and associated units.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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South Carolina
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Higginson
South Carolina Volunteers
United States Colored Troops
Hamburg
North Augusta
Aiken
Alex Heasley
M. Bingham
RM. Gaston
Jerome T. Furman
Confederate Rolls of
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Isaac Brooks
James Curtin
Robert Donald
Reuben Duncan
Jeff Davis
Benjamin Duncan
William Ellis
Peter Fagin
Ezekiel Johnson
James Eadle
Elijah Leopard
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David L. Brown
Will Bush
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Arnold Doe
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Judson Gordon
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Timothy Jones
Frampton Jordan
Earnest Key
Joseph Kimble
Harry Lewis
Andrew Lowman
Grover C. Reynolds
Benjamin Martin
Pernell Peeples
David L. Alexander
William E. Anthony
James A. Barton
William H. Bauchman
Houston Wendell Beard
Clyde W. Best
Jay T. Bodie
James C. Brown
James E. Bussey
Shedrick Butler
Harold Patrick Byars
Grady C. Corley
John E. Cottingham
Walter W. Couch
Russell W. Courtney
Ira E. Coward
H. Set. Pearcy E. Craig
Willie F. Craig
Wilbur Harmon Creighton Jr
Ernest Cushman
Johnnie M. Daniel Seaman
Paul Harrison Davis
Irvin G. Duffie
Jack W. Duncan
Paul H. Dye Jr
Jack G. Evans
Vyrene W. Farmer
Andrew L. Ford
David T. Falmer
Jason V. George Jr
Hugh N. Gregory
Noah Gunter
George V. Hair
Edward P. Henderson
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Henry
William R. Hiers
Thomas G. Hill
Tommy Hitchcock Jr
Henry Jefferson Sr
Willie Jefferson
Charles L. Johnson Shipfitter
Jack Herman Johnson
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Harold Adkinson
Donnie E. Bell
Freddie Lee Bradshaw
Harold Carter
Edwin D. Chavous
Rudolph Garland
Robert Edward Hatch
Davis S. Muns
Stanley Thurmond
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Roy Robinson
Carol Ross
Elvin A. Rutland
Clifton H. Watson
Jack D. Whittle
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James Nathaniel Gay
Jack Earl Gell
Anthony Golson
Kenneth Marvin Hatcher
William Hunter Kilburn
Harold Paul Leaphart
Roy Gibson Matthews
Jacob McKie
Ramon Moreno
Charles H. Parks Jr
Franklin Hamilton Penn
Josep L. Ruzicka Jr
Isaiah Sammels
Donald Ray Sizemore
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Michael Hamilton Tuten
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Roy Julian Weatherford Jr
Melvin Elijah White
Calvin Williams
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Willie James Harley Jr
Algernon Adams
Matthew Vincent Dillon
John Medlock
Walter McKinsey
Arthur Parker
John Parker
James Ramsey
Benjamin Sharpton
John Seltzes
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Joseph S. Bates
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