Show E 7 e r rr w 1 0 0 j r 4 s 1 4 yN r rr r 1 A V VY Y I C 1 n y d dt t r e r J 9 ya s sr r y r f fr fr r r t r l A a at t h hJ J By ELMO ELriO SCOTT WATSO l WATSON WATSON- I LL ILL It the Star Spangled Old Glory tine the Ia Stars and es or th the I eJ 11 While lilts and 1 Huei lug P Call It 11 the sal Stolid Stand Standard Li and ard the Starry tarry 1 hag lag Ing the lieI I of ot the Free the I in ncr ner of ot I the lie lain bow of Ho Hope or Oil the C Cc lors They all mean m nu the same for tor they all nil refer reu to 10 the Flag lIag the I symbol of the United Stoles Stales of America and June 14 11 of each ench ear Is Hag Flag day lla a day for honoring the Fin Flag How flow did It get ill of ot those names They are ure n a part of the story of Old Clor Glory tI tie e story of at one of the eldest national standards of ot the world orld Ith Its lis century and ond a 11 hilt of In Incident and history making e went went- wentOn e ent On June 14 1777 the C Ci congress In session at nt I l 11 hla hissed a n stated that the flag of ot the United States Stales should be thirteen I stripes alternate red rod and white lint the union be he thirteen stirs white In a n Hue flue Held field re resent resentIng re Ing a n new v C n nd and that 1 Is shy hy we se call the ling Ilag I lag the Stirs ant Stripes or lr the 1 I cd ad R White lilts http and I IncOn Inc lue On tl II e a t of ot r r 1 1311 Francis Scott Scon cott Key her u a i l tune ung lesser er liw was detained d ui on nn ho bo ml n a British man cf t sar lIr which s us liS Lend bi ml ardin Fort Fort McHenry the pr defense defence of I altimore and till the n hair iti mitt nal eni it it II 1 D P C U All nigh t I nj ng Ilia gams gun o et t f tl ti lie e 1 1 I fleet feet roared d un an I 1 all nl night ht long the toil tart tOI t ered sith Ith such artillery ns as could n rc ich uch ill iii En enemy enemy emy As Ao A tl II tie L e d mu 1 n of ot Set t broke I ey cy bl I ruined his eyes elS to see e It tI tie e fort furl still held out cr f r ft It t Its bun guns had teen l I cen cn silenced ll 11 he lien n he lW s iw th Ii it 11 our Hag lIag was still there thue he lie sit it down dU and ond on tI tie e lick of ot nil au old lid Id 0 clop expressed d In a 1 r roem roem oem his hb rut Joy jo th ml II the Star i Si angled I 1 1 anner doth Both 8 wn e Ocr 0 cr en the Land c t f tI tl e a Free rree and the th 1101 Marne Ie of ot the I BI Ill ase e Ills rem I lID ein set setto et etto eito to mu Ie ic Ic line bee the national and the Stirs in l I 1 I the tin Star Star Spangled lunner I I miner anner On A August 10 ISn iSH L C Opt n of ml II lie e 1 t rl ri Juries D ctt rend ready to all oll his ship hili tu to u the llie S nth Seas Sens w wis IS i resented ait will It ii h n II Oue ilL tins American flag ll g n a m l tanner c yards of I 1 l sIt It was OS I o cr tl II tie c si slip Ip tI tie I L a lilt amp airs n d It Od Old Glom Ginn UD Kai l I Glon ll tl c e nag flag hI h is lien In en tier pr e since The reu reason ren-on On for the other oilier Reproduction of o the famous paint paintIng painting mg Ing by Henry riot floe r r The British evacuating New York after the York Yorktown Yorktown Yorktown town surrender na led tie te h h flap flag to the flagstaff at the Battery and then orca grea ed the pole A barefoot sailor boy volunteered to climb up upI uptake uptake take down the enemy flag and nail the American flag fla to the po eFro c e Fro From Fro n The I WInning of Freedom in the tl-e of Amene Americ Yale University Pre Press Pres s for the Oa lag flag lI listed ted oboe e e are too ob sinus Ious nus to need c e Due tine to the fragmentary records In IntI tl tI e a early parly history of the Ill 11 Il tg ug there e hase ha been a number l if t disi points In to the llie matter of ot historic ml II firsts Did Pets Ross of I t pilla or I t rands of ot Ness e Jersey design the first Stirs and Stripes No 1 one can cnn ray my for certain Within thin the last year a ne new w stoma about the fir first t Stars and ond es has come to light Among the effects ot of Capt John Hulbert who ho n a i long ong Island Dd company which went to at the of ot th the nr am and returned with 10 h I Iris rl users to show how to congress lu I t ibis I lila on ono o 0 ember 20 fU lJ Iii 1775 has been f fund und Jund a flag belle ed to time tense heen blen the ci Cl ala hag flag of ot Captain Hulbert s q organization has hns thirteen 11 1 and white stripes snipes und and thirteen six pointed star stars which mire lire arranged ina In II a sort of u II cross This Thle wis ais tl Ic und and andin In the attic of ot nn an old Lon 1 andt and t I mime unie and Is now In tl tI e a po possession e ClOn ot of D e of Drill Brid Ills hits e l rums w who ho ho ha ha hale hae e seen eeD tl U e a 11 ii ig mg sal tl II e a documents found sith lIh It II I lelle eIt ellese elle It po s Lie ble lint thit this flag carried by b Hulbert s men lien m midi Ids I such huch uch an anin anIn In passion ui HI on tl tI e a members of ot con congre congress gre gress that when hen they thy came carne to ad pt pta u II national en In len tl U ev er simply n aske e I Ia Ia a local seamstress s Letsy Lcy loss I oss tO mat e a similar thug flag Or ma v hase ha e seen sen It made n a design aft aften after er en It amid submitted to congress thit which was sas ns accepted and which led Id to 10 the hl historic rc re of ot Jun Juni 14 1777 Just as ns tt Here ere Is a 0 d o er 0 er the I hl of ot the Stars and Stripes so 0 h 11 there a n d Sl si s ute over the question of ben hen the new dig fiig after lifter Its adoption by congre congress reeled received re eh ed Its rt Cr t m ml l if f lire I the llie he u slew l lew w Is 11 1 tat tl at tits recurred Currul at nt 11 rt Schuyler Shu ler or ort Fort Dl nr Rime fil me N V 1 on u gust t I i i 1777 III weHr cr It lins Ims been r lout 1 i out by hl historians wl sl 10 o muse lime In 10 the subject that the Fort Ston Ix Hag Ilag lIa was sas as a tricolor of red white and blue stripes and not redI reI red I and white stripes with n a blue field eld up upon upon upon on which api apt eared stirs In fact so far as documentary e e Is la con concerned lerned there Is no mention of stare so tint It II now seems certain that the Stanwix flag was nas neither the first Stat Stara and ond Stripes to face the enemy Of ncr r the first t Stars oDd and Stripes to be over an nn American fort there are at least two other occa sl sit no n upon which It hns has been asserted that the Stars and Stripes were sere first carried Into and ond therefore first rt faced the enemy The usual statement Is that this first occurred at atthe the Battle of Brandywine Ine on Septem September her ber 11 1777 Lut this Is disputed by bythe bythe bythe the citizens of ot Dela lire who ho declare this tool took place at the only Revo- Revo Revo en engagement fought In that state and that was eight day day dayo before Ine A monument declaring taint The Stars tars and ond Stripes were first t In battle at Cooch s bridge September 3 1777 was as erected there thereIn therein therein In 1001 1901 as ns r roof of ot their r belief bellet Put sew New Nework lurk ork enns h and Dc 1 are are not the only states which claim tint thit humor honor he nor ermont lermont ermont al also also also so claims It and apparently she has the strongest e evidence that has yet been forth to support the claim I e s made by John pirgo pargo president ef cf l f the time lermont ermont Ills haze hale resealed repealed the tact that al I en John Stark defeated the and Hessians at the famous I little of ot lon l in cn n Augu August t l IC 1777 his men iuen fought under an Amer Ivan flag ilLIg that sis wis is made of thirteen red and white stripes and n a field ot of blue upon which appeared thirteen n white stare star In the form of ot a circle That Hag lIag Is preserved preer In Ule to Lennington battle museum and the thee thee e In support of ot the fact tact that the lie Stars and Stripes first faced the nem enemy and ond that Old Old Glory recel received Its first baptism of Sri fire at nt the Battle atlle of on Augu August t IG 16 1777 1111 more than n sear icar ear before Cooch S 8 or Ine seems Indisputable able Lut at ot that lermont Urine nt In Ing ten New lor lork ork of the Ule lion hon r b by pro prosing pro Ing that the I 1 on ort ler banner was not nota nota nota a true Stare und sad Stripes must Dust share Its I onor will It I the tha th Ire state Fur For Furth Forthe Forthe th the so 00 coiled called 1 I rattle of Bennington aims as not fought nt at at nt all nil It sus us fought six miles from Bennington at 01 11 l and 11 la Is on 00 ontie II tie soil oll of New flew 1 fork orb l I |