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It has protected our flag on every sea; not the stars and bars, not the flag of a state, but the stars and stripes of the Union.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “It has protected our flag on every sea; not the stars and bars, not the flag of a state, but the stars and stripes of…”
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Sherman asserts the protection of the national flag as a symbol of unity and national pride.
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