Buy and fly the UN flag

photo of the United Nations flag with a cloudy sky background

Buy and fly the UN flag

Fly it as a prayer for peace,
speed the day when all wars cease.

Fly it as a vote for Earth,
by a midwife for global government's  birth.

Fly it as an earthly embrace,
give a healing hug to the whole human race.

Fly it as a flicker of light,
let your hope shine in our nuclear night.

If you’d like to buy a UN flag, I suggest finding your local chapter of the United Nations Association of the USA. Yeah, you can get one on Amazon, but your local chapter of UNA/USA would love to see you.

A note from Lee

As I’m going through a few boxes of my folks stuff, I stumble upon things I want to share with you. My dad had an index card holder full of buttons/pins from his life. This poem was under the upper lid.

  • photo showing buttons from peace and anti nuclear movements
    Buttons from peace and anti-nuclear movements. The oldest is the April 22 march on DC and LA, which dates from 1972.
  • Buttons mostly from political campaigns.
    Mostly political campaigns.
  • Post Office patches, and draft card.
    Post Office patches and draft card.
  • Miscellaneous buttons
    Some miscellaneous buttons
  • Buttons mostly related to the UN.
    Mostly UN related buttons
  • Box that all the buttons were kept in.
    Box the buttons were stored in.

Another Bill poem, that I believe I’ve posted elsewhere on this site, but it’s worth a re-post:

There's a flag that calls us onward
to the day when peace shall rule
when all folks live as neighbors
and no warriors play the fool.

It's a flag that speaks for one world
one small ball we all call home
with room for all to put down roots
and room for all to roam.

It speaks of swords to ploughshares
and spears to pruning hooks
and calls us to keep the promise
of the ancient book of books.

And for that flag that calls us onward
beyond nation, race, and clan
to the "federation of the world,
the parliament of man"

For that flag that calls us onward
to the time when all wars cease
I now pledge my mighty ounces
to help bring in the day of peace.

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