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Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
A Pictorial Catalog of
Commemorative Flagholders &
Plaques
of Organizations &
Military
Blood & Fire - Salvation
Army
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Commemorative Plaques & Flagholders
of Military and Organizations
as Photographed by Joyce M. Tice
Blood and Fire (Salvation
Army)
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For this flag, I have not found a specific flagholder and the first
time I encountered it, I tended to discount it until I had more information.
The first instance was on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River on
Route 611 which follows the river all up through the state. Since I did
not know what to make of it, I did not record any information about the
grave I found it on. The second instance was in Otsego County NY where
I found it on the grave of a man listed as Tec 5 US Army World War II who
died in 1995. Any ideas on what this flag commemorates will be welcome.
Following is a note from a guest January 2001 -
I used to work as a fund raiser for The Salvation Army and that looks like
one of their logos. They use several and that's not one of the more
frequent ones, but the slogan of the army is "Blood and Fire." Perhaps
the person whose grave it's on was a devoted Salvationist in addition to
being a WWII veteran as indicated on your site. Until I worked for
them, I didn't realized that The Salvation Army is actually a church.
The people who join the church (called soldiers) are very loyal to it and
it wouldn't surprise me that one of them has the flag on his grave. Carol
Ann
Published On Tri-Counties Site On 06/05/2003
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: JoyceTice@aol.com
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