"The Old Flag" by Frances V. Hubbard (1913)

The Old Flag.

BY FRANCES V. HUBBARD.

Grand Army Men, with faded coats of blue,

Faltering and weak, your journey almost through,

On memory's days our thoughts are all for you,

And the Old Flag, and the Old Flag!

Grand Army Men, you marched, long years ago,

Forth to the fray, youthful and bold, we know,

Bearing the banner that we worship so,

T'was the Old Flag, t'was the Old Flag!

Grand Army Men, homeward you came at last,

Leaving behind an ever-glorious past,

What you had saved the standard bearer clasp't,

T'was the Old Flag, t'was the Old Flag!

Grand Army Men, forever green each grave

The nation keeps, where sleep our mighty brave,

And o'er the tented mounds each year shall wave

Just the Old Flag, just the Old Flag!

Troy Times. July 11, 1913: 12 col 2.