THE AMERICAN FLAG AND AMERICAN IDEALS
Leader:
And all these blessings shall overtake thee.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground.
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face.
Assembly:
Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.
Loose the bands of wickedness and undo the heavy burdens.
Let the oppressed go free ; break every yoke.
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
And thine health shall spring forth speedily.
And thy righteousness shall go before thee :
(Seated)
Leader:— ATHENIAN OATH (Translated from the Greek)
We will never bring disgrace to this, our nation, by any act of dishonesty or cowardice, nor ever desert our suffering comrades in the ranks; we will fight for the ideals of the nation: both alone and with others: we will revere and respect our nation's laws, and do our best to incite a like respect and reverence in those above us who are prone to annul and set them at naught; we will strive unceasingly to quicken the public's sense of civic duty, thus in all these ways, we will transmit this nation not only not less but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.
FROM CONCORD BRIDGE TO THE MEUSE
The road from Concord Bridge to the heights above the Meuse is long, but it runs straight, and along it men are still led by the same love of liberty and service of democracy which was revealed in our first battle morning nearly a century and a half ago. Frank H. Simonds
All:
Freedom
| My name is Liberty! From out a mighty land |
By day in heaven's light A pillar of fire by night |
Union
Thou, too, sail on, Ship of State!
Sail on, Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. Daniel Webster
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