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suston96

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5. I was fighting.....

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sun Sep 24, 2017, 09:52 AM

Sep 2017

....for the flag because to me it has always represented my brothers in arms and the ideals we all upheld, that we bled and died for.

When we gathered and marched that flag was always in front of us to remind us of why we were there doing what we did.

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