draped over her arm, her shoulder

Her body turned to the flag pole

getting ready to raise our colors

old glory in her hands

not touching the ground

showing our flag respect.

The POW/MIA flag

draped over her arm, her shoulder

while she attached the hooks

ready to raise our nation’s flag

to start another day.

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July 4, 2019

draped over her arm

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/draped-over-her-arm-her-shoulder.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1146774430359740416

July 3, 2019 8:15am

watching Cheryl Morse start to raise the US flag

at the Stacyville, ME post office, as we drove by,

and watching how she didn’t let that flag

of the POW/MIA flag touch the ground,

&

edited September 11, 2015

The Banner of Freedom – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-banner-of-freedom-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-banner-of-freedom-v4_11.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 14, 2014

The Banner of Freedom – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-banner-of-freedom-v3.html

Flag Day

edited May 26, 2014

The Banner of Freedom – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-banner-of-freedom-v2.html

Memorial Day

June 14, 2010

The Banner of Freedom

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/banner-of-freedom.html

Flag Day

edited September 11, 2015

Raising the Colors – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/raising-colors-v4_11.html

(editing version 2)

September 11, 2015,

14^th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2015

Edited September 11, 2012

new poem – “An Audible Gasp - 2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-audible-gasp-2.html

September 11, 2012

“A Gasp”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-gasp.html

written about my experience at

Franklin Pierce Law Center

Concord, NH

on September 11, 2001

in the TV lounge

where we all stayed, transfixed by the images

&

latest 20 poems about

September 11, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/September%2011

&

edited June 14, 2014

Raising the Colors – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/raising-colors-v3.html

Flag Day

edited May 26, 2014

Raising the Colors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/raising-colors-v2.html

Memorial Day

August 14, 2009

Raising the Colors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/08/raising-colors.html

8:03 AM; watching the raising of the US and POW/MIA flags

Hooksett Family Division Court

Hooksett, NH

In the park across from the court is a sign with the name

Rene Gagnon, the Hooksett resident

who helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Gagnon

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