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. Catch words of patriotism. (Stars and Strides adopted, 1777) The simple stone of Betsy RossIs covered now with mould ana moss,But still her deathless banner fliesAna keeps the color of the nation thrills, a nation bleeds,A nation follows where it leads,And every man is proud to yieldHis life upon a crimson fieldFor Betsys ba#le flag. f^Iinna <* <r & +y* < * 5 .*. tt ( War declared against Great Britain, 1812 ) Then conquer we must,when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: InGod is our trust. Francis Scott Key. Tins is my ambition forAmerica: that wherever an
. Catch words of patriotism. (Stars and Strides adopted, 1777) The simple stone of Betsy RossIs covered now with mould ana moss,But still her deathless banner fliesAna keeps the color of the nation thrills, a nation bleeds,A nation follows where it leads,And every man is proud to yieldHis life upon a crimson fieldFor Betsys ba#le flag. f^Iinna <* <r & +y* < * 5 .*. tt ( War declared against Great Britain, 1812 ) Then conquer we must,when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: InGod is our trust. Francis Scott Key. Tins is my ambition forAmerica: that wherever anAmerican citizen may goupon the earth he will hehonored, ana loved, because herepresents a nation that hasnothing hut justice ana kind-ness for all races of men. Charles Edward Jefferson. E plunbus unum. National motto, adopted 1782. 6 * J* *1^* s fe fA? Tne principle or free gov-ernment adheres to tneAmerican soil. It is,beddedin it, immutable as tne moun- tains. —Daniel Welster. Power is able to take careox itself; tbe citizen needs protection. —Francis Lieher. Life for my country and tbe cause of freedomIs but a trifle for a worm to part witb;And if preserved in so great contestLife is redoubled. John JVLilton NiJes. $ 0. <r
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