Answer:
Men seize me from my home tear apart my flesh drink the sweet blood then cast my skin aside.
I build bridges of silver and crowns of gold. What am I?
I get dirty when wiping things clean. What am I?
Blade to blade I always win My foe laid low and even. Yard by yard through thick and thin I'm busiest in season.
What did the thief get for stealing the calendar?
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.