The Rag was a Flag:

A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole
It does not look likely to stir a man’s soul,
‘Tis the deeds that were done ‘neath the moth-eaten rag,
When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.
-Sir Edward B. Hamley, 1824-1893-

Cold Springs, NY

 

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