I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
United We Stand!
September 11, 2001, New York City
U.S. Flag over Iwo Jima
Every 3 years a US Navy diver replaces old glory on the USS Arizona.
U.S. Flag in the Vietnam War
The burial at sea of U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, performed by the U.S. Navy on USS Philippine Sea in the Atlantic Ocean on September 14, 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Saying goodbye
Terri Norris, the mother of Pfc. Cody Norris, killed in Action, kneels beside his coffin at Ellington Field after his body was returned for burial.
A boy, Cody Norris, from La Porte, TX gave his life for your freedom. She gave up her son for our freedom.
U.S. Flag in Afghanistan
U.S. Flag in the Iraq War
U.S Flag in the Korean War
Reenlisting, Navy diver style
A young man holds an American flag and a bedroll as he marches with others during on the Selma to Montgomery marches held in support of voter rights, Alabama, late March, 1965.
Burial at sea USS New Mexico, WWII
Colonel Francis Fenton pictured kneeling) conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton, near Shuri Okinawa, May 1945.
Father and son met once during the fighting when their paths crossed at a partially destroyed Okinawan farmhouse
Summer, 2020
San Francisco, California. Flag of allegiance pledge at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Children in families of Japanese ancestry were evacuated with their parents and will be housed for the duration in War Relocation Authority centers where facilities will be provided for them to continue their education.” (1942)
U.S. Flag raised over Shuri castle on Okinawa
USS Michael Murphy
Mounted police clashing with strikers, one carrying an American flag, outside an electrical plant in Philadelphia, 1946
The first black recipient of the Medal of Honor is Army Sgt. William H. Carney, who earned the honor for protecting one of the United States’ greatest symbols during the Civil War — the American flag.
Flames engulf the Community Corrections Division building as an American flag flutters on a pole in Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 24, 2020
Rocky Balboa, aka Sylvester Stallone
Babe Ruth, “Honored on the Field” Patriotic Photo with American Flag and Fanfare!
WAVES while in port Pearl Harbor
John Wayne
Before he became the 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt (center) led the men of the 1st Cavalry Volunteers, known as the “Rough Riders,” on San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Major General Floyd L. Parks presented the Flag of Liberation to President Harry S. Truman in Berlin, Germany. President Truman is in Germany to attend The Potsdam Conference. The Flag of Liberation flew over the capitals of the axis Powers, 23 July 1945.
She is a ‘grand old flag’ our national symbol. I remember reciting the Pledge of Allegiance both before and after the
words ‘under God’ were added. I am proud to have served her and continue to honor her today.
15 June 2021 at 04:58
She is a ‘grand old flag’ our national symbol. I remember reciting the Pledge of Allegiance both before and after the
words ‘under God’ were added. I am proud to have served her and continue to honor her today.
Jim King
CTOC Ret.
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15 June 2021 at 06:08
Wonderful post today, Mario! Thank you very much!
Andy McKane
Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii
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17 June 2021 at 01:38
I love everyone honoring and supporting our AMERICAN FLAG π±π·π±π·π±π·π±π·. SEMPER FI π±π·π±π·π±π·π±π·
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5 July 2021 at 14:58
The brave men and women who fought for the flag should be remembered for all eternity.
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7 July 2021 at 14:25
So many patriots! There were at least 8 flags hanging on my block, just within the view from my front porch.
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