{"id":445,"date":"2017-03-01T15:59:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T20:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=445"},"modified":"2018-03-01T09:40:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:40:34","slug":"flame-held-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/01\/flame-held-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Flame Held High"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Torch is lit perpetually\u2026<\/h6>\n
It stands above for all to see\u2026<\/h6>\n
The light given, guiding the city.<\/h6>\n
Within the clutched hand of Lady Liberty,<\/h6>\n
A flame held high in celebration\u2026<\/h6>\n
Standing, never faltering, as we the people see,<\/h6>\n
Our Country\u2019s independence and citizen\u2019s free\u2026<\/h6>\n
Ship to ship, bringing foreign and to be American born<\/h6>\n
From upon the sea\u2026<\/h6>\n
Entering the harbor of New York City\u2026<\/h6>\n
\u201cLiberty Enlightening the World<\/em>\u201d a proud, distinguished Lady\u2026<\/h6>\n
She stands forever in our company\u2026<\/h6>\n
Saying to all, “Come rich or poor, strong or weak,we welcome you\u00a0with an open door<\/em>\u2026<\/h6>\n
Guests in our home\u2026some come to stay\u2026<\/h6>\n
Remember, if a citizen you become\u2026<\/h6>\n
That we are all living together and\u00a0should all,\u00a0become one!<\/h6>\n
Let the light of freedom shine, never disgrace the beauty and grace<\/h6>\n
Of our home on these blessed shores,<\/h6>\n
Blood and flesh was given for thee, brothers, and sisters together are we.<\/h6>\n
Stand strong, stand true, with Lady Liberty!!<\/h6>\n
All across these United States take heed and watch for this Lady\u2026<\/h6>\n
See the flame she holds stays lit\u2026<\/h6>\n
Be true, be diligent\u2026<\/h6>\n
Whether foreign or American born\u2026let our Lady\u2019s light shine bright\u2026<\/h6>\n
The only ones that we should fight are the ones who try to destroy her light!<\/h6>\n
For we are a proud yet humbled race\u2026<\/h6>\n
Bearing the light of her strong and constant gaze\u2026<\/h6>\n
God\u2019s given us freedom, let us never forget<\/h6>\n
How the flame of Victory stays ready and set\u2026<\/h6>\n
When you see her standing there day and night\u2026<\/h6>\n
Look full in her flame and never take flight\u2026<\/h6>\n
Stay unified, glorified, in love and in truth\u00a0stand\u2026<\/h6>\n
For all the world both far and wide to see and understand\u2026<\/h6>\n
We are a country shining with the light of Freedom and Liberty.<\/h6>\n
–Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill March 1, 2017<\/h6>\n
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Refugee children from England arrive in New York during World War II, 18th July 1940. (Photo by Keystone\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Torch is lit perpetually\u2026 It stands above for all to see\u2026 The light given, guiding the city. Within the clutched hand of Lady Liberty, A flame held high in celebration\u2026 Standing, never faltering, as we the people see, Our Country\u2019s independence and citizen\u2019s free\u2026 Ship to ship, bringing foreign and to be American born…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-7b","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2148,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions\/2148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}