Patriotic Red, White and Blue

In honor of April being National Poetry Month, here is the first stanza of a poem to go with my post.

THE FLAY GOES BY
by Henry Holcomb Bennett

Hats off!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky:
Hats off!
The flag is passing by!

My bedroom is done in red, white and blue.
Here is a favorite teddy of mine that I made our of an old blue jean shirt.
He's my patriotic buddy. . .

This is a favorite old picture I have of our old glory. . . isn't it pretty?

A bicentennial pitcher sits upon the quilt rack. . .

and so does my child's old rubber patriotic bank drum.

Now here's a little information about me for those of you who don't know me (and maybe for some of you who do know me).

One year I took a notion to walk in our little home town's 4th of July Parade. Ripley is known far and wide for our parade. The President even visited it a few years back, and that just happened to be the first year I dressed up like Betsy Ross and walked in it.



Of course I think I humiliated my kids, they couldn't believe I was going to do it. But I did and I loved it.

Below is the replica of the 13 star flag that I quilted and placed over my arm when I walked in the parade. I throw this over the headboard of my bed in our bedroom.

And here is a little Betsy Ross mop doll that I crafted. It hangs from my quilt rack.

I love my country.
I hope you enjoyed looking at my red, white and blue collection with me today.

Have any of you ever walked in your home town's parade?