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On the sign:
OUR COUNTRY FOREVER * SHE’S UP THERE OLD GLORY
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO IN THE GREAT WAR 1941-1945 SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN EVERY LINE OF DUTY WHEREVER OUR FLAG HAS FLOWN
The flagpole in McCarren Park was photographed that day by the same photographer Click for a larger image
The top line is part of a sentence written around the base of the flag:
WHERE LIGHTNINGS ARE SPED SHE DAZZLES THE NATIONS WITH RIPPLES OF RED AND SHE’LL WAVE FOR US LIVING OR DROOP O’ER US DEAD THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY FOREVER * SHE’S UP THERE OLD GLORY