[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 32 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E475]
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                      KEEP THE GLORY FOR OLD GLORY

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                            HON. GENE GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 13, 1997

  Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with all a poem written 
by a constituent of mine, Harry E. Dearen, who is a member of the 
American Legion, Chaplain Post 594 and the American Legion Citizens 
Flag Alliance in Houston, TX. I believe his poem captures the 
sentiments we all feel about our flag.

                      Keep the Glory For Old Glory

     No matter who we are, or what we think
     About our nation in which we live.
     We are free and have a common link
     And a duty to our colors and should give

     Our very heart and soul to an alliance
     To our fellow man and old glory.
     The flag that we fought for in defiance
     Of offenses aginst liberty. The history

     Of our country lived by men at arms
     And through our victories of the past
     To protect our flag from ones that harm
     It in any way, or try to burn, or trash

     Our flag is stepping right on me.
     I will not put up with that being done.
     We must see that it is stopped you see.
     It mocks the freedom that we have won.
     --H. Dearen.

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