My grandfather E.T. Wickham -- wickhamstonepark.com -- engraved this quote on
the base of a concrete flagpole near the statue of the Indian Chief Tecumseh: 
THEY SAY I WOULD FORSAKE THE FLAG OF MY NATIVE LAND. BUT WOE UNTO THE
FOE OR STRANGER WHOSE SACRILEGIOUS HAND WOULD TOUCH THEE OR ENDANGER
FLAG MY NATIVE LAND
I would like to know the source of this quotation.

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Clarification of Question by ayjay-ga on 24 May 2005 22:33 PDT

It is possible that my grandfather wrote this quote...but it is very doubtful
because he was a tobacco farmer with only a 6th grade education. Other statues
have quotes where he does not attribute a source. For example, he
engraved this quote by Michael Barry on a WW2 statue:
But whether on the scaffold high,
Or in the battle's van,
The fittest place where man can die
Is where he dies for man

I have found no online references to this quotation that are not
related to the Wickham Stone Park. It seems likely that your
grandfather wrote this verse.