THE FLAG EDWARD A. HORTON
Reading edition
in Popular Educator
WHY do I love our flag? Ask why Flowers love the sunshine. Or, ask why The needle turns with eager eye Toward the great stars in northern sky. I love Old Glory, for it waved Where loyal hearts the Union saved. I love it, since it shelters me And all most dear, from sea to sea. I love it, for it bravely flies In freedom’s cause, ’neath foreign skies. I love it for its blessed cheer, Its starry hopes and scorn of fear; For good achieved and good to be To us and to humanity. It is the people’s banner bright, Forever guiding toward the light; Foe of the tyrant, friend of right, God give it leadership and might!