Banner Army

Famous quotes containing the words banner and/or army:

    “Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
    Long has it waved on high,
    And many an eye has danced to see
    That banner in the sky;”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “Olivia Dandridge: You don’t have to say it, Captain. I know all this is because of me. Because I wanted to see the West. Because I wasn’t, I wasn’t army enough to stay the winter.
    Capt. Brittles: You’re not quite army yet miss, or you’d know never to apologize. It’s a sign of weakness.”
    —Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)