History of the Stars and Bars (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Randolph Smith, Orren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331570220 ISBN 13: 9781331570226

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from History of the Stars and Bars

Three times have I been a soldier at my country's call, twice fighting under the Stars and Stripes and once under the 'stars and Bars.' While with Taylor, south of the Rio Grande, a unit in that proud army that never let an enemy touch our flag; in Utah with Albert Sidney Johnston, 1857 - 1858, I learned what the flag meant to the men who were willing to give their lives for 'old Glory' every day and every hour in the day. A soldier's flag must be his inspiration. It stands for home, kindred and country; it must be something more than a piece of hunting or the blending of bright colors.

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Excerpt from History of the Stars and Bars

Be it said to the honor of both herein mentioned, the Veteran of the Gray, Orren Randolph Smith, designer of the first Confederate Flag, who died recently at his home in Henderson, North Carolina, and the Veteran of the Blue, General Edward Albert Lever, who fought against that flag, and who is the editor of the magazine in which this poem appears, whatever the convictions of the two men may have been, each knew the other for a generous foe. Significant of the fact is the silent tribute of regard which Latin America pays to the memory of a gallant soldier gone to his reward.

The shadow of a storm brooded o'er all,
The hearts of men were thrilled with sounds afar,
"What is this gloom that blackens like a pall?
If war must be," one cried, "then give us war!
Yet I have loved my country; I have cheered
The Stars and Stripes beneath the Mexic skies;
The bullet of the foe I have not feared!
All men are brothers - must we break such ties?"

War was declared. Fate rang Hope's funeral knell
The storm-cloud broke, and the Red, White and Blue -
Flag he had bled for - he must bid farewell;
He ne'er had thought to recognize a new!
Inexorable decree! Southland so fair,
From henceforth he was thine and thine alone -
Thine to the uttermost, to do and dare,
With soul determined, with the last doubt flown!

Home of the free, beloved and peerless land,
Thou had'st no flag to raise above the fray,
No emblem all thine own to lead thy band,
The brave, the true, the dauntless men in gray!

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331570220
• ISBN 13: 9781331570226
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 36