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I was asked, are you going to raise your flag on the fourth of July? Why shouldn't I raise my flag on the fourth of July, was my reply? Because they said, did you read Frederick Douglass's famous speech he orated in 1852, about what the fourth of July was to the slave? Many slaves fought on both sides during the American Revolution War in hopes for liberty, was the answer I gave. In fact, under the flag of freedom, many Black soldiers fought and became heroes in all of the American wars, and there were many whose blood ran deep here at home and on foreign shores. In raising the American flag I honor those men who fought for this country and rescued and carried the flag that stood for common grounds for all citizens regardless of race, creed, or color for over ten scores. With boisterous rebuttal they vehemently reply, Black people still live in a systematic racist society. I concur, and with the consciousness and soul of a Black woman, I will always join you in the fight for equality. I will roar loudly and march furiously for the value of human life. For all lives matter and the battle for justice and equality is worth it even when stricken with strife. The confiscation act 1861, the confiscation act 1862, Mexican- American war 1846-1848, Civil War 1861-1865, Spanish- American War 1898, World War 1 1914-1918, World War ll 1939-1945, Korean war 1950-1953, Vietnam War 1955-1975, Golf War 1990-1991 The war in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. copyright 2021
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