Symbol - Flag Day, June 14

It's been spit on and stepped on

And even burned,

But nothing can destroy

This symbol of freedom.

People being allowed

To desecrate it

Proves that the United States

Is a free country.

Those of us who care,

The ones with respect,

Pick it up, shake it off,

And hang it high again.

In the land of the free,

And the home of the brave,

Let our flag's red, white and blue

Forever wave.

Mary S. Palmer

6/1/12