Before Francis J. Bellamy wrote and published the “Pledge of Allegiance” to our flag in 1892 and before it was included in Article 7 of the Flag Code of the United States Flag Association in 1922, various poems were used as verbal and printed salutes to our national flag the way the Pledge is today. One such poem “Old Glory” had wide acclaim before and during World War I. There may be some who recall reciting this poem as the U.S. Flag Code was not accepted by Congress until 1939 when Brother Bellamy’s “Pledge of Allegiance” became official. The still-beautiful poem “Old Glory” is reprinted here as a nostalgic tribute to the “Stars and Stripes.”