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WE ARE THE COLOR GUARD OF THE REPUBLIC.By BURNETT M. CHIPPERFIELD.Many a time I have stood with my regiment at the end of a day at the ceremony of the evening parade.At the right of the formation the band would be playing, and stretched across the field would be the line of troops.As the hour of sunset would approach the band would strike up that national anthem, dear to the heart of each and all.The troops would stand in respectful attention, and the head of every man not under arms would be bared.Then there would reverberate and echo and reecho over the hills and vales the inspiring strains of the Star Spangled Banner.As the last note would be reached the sunset gun would be fired, the trumpets would sound the salute to the standard, and then Old Glory would come down from the masthead for the night, but not a thread or a shred of it would be permitted to touch the ground, but the banner would be received by the loving hands of the color guard and folded away, and if need be protected with their lives until again upon the morrow at the coming of the day it would once more be raised to its proud position as the emblem of freedom and justice and equality and opportunity to all.We are the color guard of the Republic.Let us see that no thread or shred of the Old Flag is permitted to touch the ground, and let us hand it down as the symbol of our country with every stripe and every star and every one of its dear and ‘beloved colors preserved to our children and our children’s children forever as the greatest heritage of freedom that ever came from the hand of God.
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Fairfield Journal
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Fri, Apr 13, 1917
Page 5
Full Page
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