If the American Flag could speak, I think this is what it might say:

 I am your Flag, and I am proud to be your Flag.
Together we live in the greatest nation in the world.

 A free nation where I can fly freely in the breeze outside your home,
on the street, in your schools and courthouses.

  . . . I am not just a piece of brightly colored cloth, I am a symbol that represents something great. My red stripes indicate hardiness and courage. My white is a symbol of purity and innocence. The blue color is vigilance, perseverance, and justice.

 I was in the hand of my first President in the blood and snow of Valley Forge. I was there when my nation was born --small, with a wilderness at her back and seas at her sides, and not one friendly neighbor to whom she, as a struggling infant orphan, could call for help in distress. I saw that child survive and grow strong. Most forget, but I still see in my memory those bright and brave young men and women who died at Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Coral Sea, Asian Jungles, throughout Europe, Korea and Vietnam.

 And when they died for me,
I wrapped them in my love and draped my honor over their caskets.

 Yes, I must speak because their voices have been silenced forever.
I fly proudly over their green graves, praying that wars might end forever.

 Never forgetting them, I rise every morning to watch over the graves of our finest,
whose years were short but whose service was longer than we can ever measure.

 I, the American Flag, have lived long, traveled far and endured much.
A million lives and more were sacrificed to give me the right to speak.

 . . . I am proud of my people's gifts to the world. For more than 200 years I have been packed in the trunks and suitcases of clergymen, doctors and educators. Together we traveled to Africa, China, India, Japan and all parts of the earth to share the good life we enjoy in America. Americans, be proud of our country!
No country knows greater freedom than our country.

 You can climb any mountain! Possibilities? They're unlimited except as you limit them with a cynical, bitter, negative attitude! Yes, when you see me in church, school or flying on the streets  listen to my stars and stripes as I cry out to every boy and girl, every man and woman. "Dream Your Dreams"  "Dare To Believe"  You Can Make It In America.

 I am the American Flag,

 Be humble enough to know where your glory and greatness come from.

 "Old Glory," I'm called. What is my glory?
My glory is the freedom that I give to every law respecting man, woman-and child.

 I live in the hearts of all people who yearn for freedom to laugh,
to love, to pray, to play, to marry and have children.

 I have called out to countries, "Come to my shores and my side, all who are tired, poor, oppressed, and yearning to breathe free. Come and I will be your guarantee of liberty."

'I say to my people, "Be proud, be humble, and last, be renewed!

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, "The Rest of the Story,"
and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.

With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be call one nation under God.

If possible, please pass this prayer to your friends.