The Brave Flag

The American Trail After 13 the brave flag The flag a familiar sight familiar thing you see everywhere Most often you see it in your mind

There it is stretching talking in the window that ship bearing There it is hanging linpless in the flag holes an army post-in-camps feet long almost in dead center of the great There it is in that picture.

Four Marines in the stick of wood and a piece of cloth on the flash of color. And an insignificant place called the Gucci bar. There it is in your heart. That feeling that it's always been flying.

Always will be flying. Some place, somewhere. The Flyer. The American Flash. As it? Will it? That history book over there, pick it up, boy. This one? Sure, almost anyone would do. Now start near the beginning.

That's it. a couple of pages farther back. See it? This one with the funny shit? Yes. It's one of those old engravings of the port of New York. But look at those flags, all those flags. Not one American flag. Do you notice that, son? Not an American flag in the place. No, it

wasn't always there. It had to be put there. In June 1776, in New York. And when we reach in Philadelphia, gentlemen, we hope we can devise an instrument for the good of ourselves and All these... What are you going to do, Moses?

Going to get out. But Jefferson's right. We can have independence from England. We can have our own country here. I'm not taking any chances. You better not. You see that man up here. Five pounds to your one next time we see him.