Friday, September 11, 2015

The Banner of Freedom – v4

The colors of our country
How proudly they wave;
So much sacrifice
Freedom’s price to this day.

Our nation’s ideals
For this it stands tall;
That we would remember
The cost of Freedom’s call.


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edited September 11, 2015
The Banner of Freedom – v4

(editing version 2)
edited June 14, 2014
The Banner of Freedom – v3
Flag Day
edited May 26, 2014
The Banner of Freedom – v2
Memorial Day
June 14, 2010
The Banner of Freedom
Flag Day
edited September 11, 2015
Raising the Colors – v4
(editing version 2)
September 11, 2015,
14th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2015
Edited September 11, 2012
new poem – “An Audible Gasp - 2”
September 11, 2012
“A Gasp”
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
&
edited June 14, 2014
Raising the Colors – v3
Flag Day
edited May 26, 2014
Raising the Colors – v2
Memorial Day
August 14, 2009
Raising the Colors
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

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