[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13476]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my support for the 
American flag. For more than 200 years, the American flag has been the 
symbol of our Nation's strength and unity. It has been a source of 
pride and inspiration for millions of citizens. It has been a prominent 
icon in our national history.
  To the colonists, it represents the free country for which they 
fought. For the Jewish people in World War II, it simply symbolized 
survival. For African Americans, they view the flag as the promise of a 
time when all men will be treated equally. Now it symbolizes a new day 
in Iraq.
  So many brave men and women sacrificed their lives to protect the 
principles for which it stands, a flag that embodies justice, democracy 
and, most of all, freedom. The American flag deserves to fly proudly 
throughout America.

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