[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11304]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                FLAG DAY

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                           HON. JULIA CARSON

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 14, 2006

  Ms. CARSON. Mr. Speaker, today is Flag Day. It was established in 
1949 by act of Congress for us to take a day to reflect on our flag and 
past. I was 10 years old when Congress first established Flag Day and I 
have over the years come to a better realization of the inextricable 
connection between patriotism, the flag and our soldiers in the field. 
I don't believe the costs of preserving our flag have ever been as 
concrete as they are today. I hope that while reflecting on the Flag 
today we spend some time thinking about the price that has been paid 
for our flag, our freedom and our country. While we take a moment to 
think about our flag we cannot do so without giving thanks for our 
soldiers in the field and the veterans who served under our flag. 
Francis Scott Key summed it up perfectly in the Star Spangled Banner:

       And the rockets' red glare. The bombs bursting in air, Gave 
     proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, 
     does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the 
     free and the home of the brave.

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