| Show J I m i a ti tie tic c e 9 s 4 y r F wt's t t tk k c 3 K KA A n nf f r r- r rj rr j ry t tA A 1 sy t r A t H HA HK K P j Yh si siC C r 9 t I J d kc 1 4 1 x r l t q s l t c By ELMO SCOTT WATSON I N 1 JU JUhn D 14 of or Americans will wIIl as asa a pirt of the HK L celebration of ot Flaga Flag a fi i r ri i da day i this senI sen tw o M I tence tense I pledge plede al alij lelance to the ig fl-ig ij of ot the United States and to the Republic for which It stands stando one nation le with Ith liberty and Justice for all alI It has been een stid s tint The me Pledge to the Flag Ills been blen repeated more than any other quotation from modern lit For thit th reason son the man who wrote It and the circumstances under which It was written deserve to be bo remembered It Is singularly this pledge which his been repeat repeated repeated repeated ed so many times by so many thou thousands thousands thousands sands of ot schoolchildren school children should hale ha e been written by a member of or the edItorial start staff of or the publication which for so man many v years was Young Americas America's favorite the magazine magazine louth s Companion r Francis 31 I Bellamy was his name and at the time of or his death on August 28 S 1 1031 31 th the memory of his greatest claim to distinction was sas as revived by his widow who ga gave ye an nn interestIng Interest InterestIng In Ing account of the origin of the pledge A little group of ot men who In 1891 believed the flame of patriotism was d dying ing out because of momentous de de- developments developments developments In Industrial and pout leal Ical circles sought to fan time the spark Into new life she e explained This effort resulted In President Benjamin Harrison proclaiming Oc 12 as ns the first national holiday hollday In honor of or the discovery of America Delegated to write trite a proclamation as part of or the origInal Inal ceremony Bellamy produced a 27 21 word pledge that stood the test of time Chief among the leaders of the movement said Mrs Irs Bellamy were tere President Harrison James D B Upham publisher W William Imam T liar Harris federal commissioner of educe tion and Mr Ir Bellamy a n member of the editorial staff start of the Youth s CompanIon Mr Ir Upham Upha m conceded cd the Idea of a rev revival revisal al of ot patriotism at a time Shen hen material things occupied the attention of or most people Ills His first plan was as to place an nn American flag 0 over er e every e ery schoolhouse As a re- re result result re result sult 2 flags lags wa wn ed on as many school buildings Then the suggestion wis adopt adopted adopted adopted ed for a national holiday Corn Com were formed pu public men were Interviewed Ie ed This handful of men virtually consecrated their lib Ih es to the task of ot obtaining gov governmental governmental recognition of Columbus da day Mr Ir Bellamy saw congressmen senators and others lu the public eye He lie Interviewed President Harrison and Grover Cle eland among others Afterwards Aften ards he aroused Interest among congressmen by inducing U tJ em to gh give e Interviews endorsing a a x f WOODROW WILSON the project to newspapers It II w u n t long before senate sonata and house ho lse passed a joint resolution giving giving ing the 1 resident authority to pro proclaIm proclaim proclaim claIm the holiday with d In public schools school At At last ever everything thing was corn com except the opening proclamation tion The secretary of state asked Mr r Bellamy to do that Mr lIr Dell Bell Bellamy amy nominated Mr Upham but the latter refused After ter many long Ion weary hours liours over oser the draft my hus husband husband husband band produced tho the pledge that has remained rem 1 unchanged ed since then nd Ind that s a all bite bhe concluded All All except that Mr Ir Bellamy s health was Imperiled In his work to rediscover America years yeara aft after after or er Columbus landed raa 4 JIa Iti rs h JI b Although the United States Is li one of the youngest members member In the lis us ls t x t M of ot nations of the world orld her Hag flag Is one of ot the oldest In the t world arId Aside from the s swallow sallow allow tailed Sal Sa Savoy oy colors of ot adopted In 1219 and the flag of at Switzerland which dates from the Se century history re records records records cords no national flag lias with a longer loner continuous life than ours hen w hen the Second Continental congress on June 14 1777 adopted a resolution re winch which reid reed Resolved That the flag of or the United States be thirteen stripes alternate red and t white that the lie union be thir thirteen thirteen teen stars white In a blue field representing a new now constellation the I rench tri trl color had not yet come Into existence The rhe pre present ent British s f dates only from 1801 Germany ny changed Its flag nag after aCter the fall of ot the empire In 1918 HIlS but ut esen een the flag used during the World orld orld war ar was less than 50 O years oldA old oldRa Ra A ta W ea A ra A Pa A AThe ta Jl The American flag has three threes symbolic the mimes mines the Stars and StrIpes the Star Spangled Banner and Old Glory The name namo Stars and StrIpes lates of course from Its ver very be- be be bInnIng and Is based upon the de de- description description of the banner In the nag hag resolution of June 14 l 17 1777 77 1 The Zhe Star Spangled Banner Binner dates from the ar of or 1812 Orators may base e called our flag by that name before that time but It rem tined lined for I rands Scott hey Key a young Mary land la lawyer laer er who was as detaIned on a British airship during the bom bombardment of 1 I ort McHenry on the night of September 12 1814 and who saw by the d wn d s early light of September 13 that our flag was still there to express his joy In a poem which was later set setto setto setto to music and which took tool the coup coun country country try by storm storm the mme n ime Old Glory dates from 1831 On August 10 of that year yeara a crowd crossd cro d had had gathered a at t the han es of Salem Mass to It witness it ness the departure of ot the brIg Charles Diggett which was sas as a about out outto to set out on an a round the time world cruise Mater Master of the Charles Dag Daggett Daggett Daggett gett was Capt m lIll idiom Driver noted for his sturdy Americanism and his Ills deep love for his countr country s flag So his neighbors had hall brought him a fine American flag to be hoisted to the masthead of time the brIg W hen the new banner anner had been run up In Its place and rip rippled rippled rippled pled In the breeze In all Its beauty or of red and white and aUlI blue Cap Cap- Cap t ln Driver Drier er looking aloft had a sudden Inspiration call her herOld herOld herOld Old Glory boys bo s Old Glory 1 I And thus was another S symbolical name for tor our flag born A lea A pa A A in A Flag day has hns been the Inspiration for a number of memorable tributes to our national banner In a Flag day address during the orid orld war wor President ilson s gild ld mid This This flag shish we e honor and under which e sen serve serse e Is the emblem of ot our unity our Po power poser er our thought and purpose as a nation it Is fitting that we cele celebrate rate the tho day dayot ot of Its birth and from Its birth un until now It has witnessed a great history has floated on high the symbol of great events of ot a great plan of life worked O out t by a great people On Flag day In H 1914 14 Franklin I I Lone Lane secretary of the Interior In President lIson ilson s cabinet speaking before employees of ot his department dell delivered ered a eUlogy which has become something of or a classic In the literature of the flag It Is the following THE MAKERS OF THE FLAG ThIs morning as I passed Into the land the flag dropped me mea mea mea a most cordial salutation and from Its rippling folds I heard It say eay Good Good morning Mr AIr Flag Maker I ber be your pardon Old Glory I said aren t you I am amnot amnot amnot not the President of ot the United nor a member of ot congress congressi gar 1 r r e even esen en r to general In the arm army armi I Iam Iam aUl am only a government cler clerk I I greet you JOU again Mr Ir Flag Maker replied tJ the gay voice I I know you wen erl 1 lou ou are the tho man who vho worked In the swelter of yes yes- yesterday yesterday yesterday straightening out the tangle ot of that farmer s a homestead In Idaho or perhaps you found the mistake In that Indian contract In Oklahoma or helped to clear that patent for the hopeful Inventor In ew lork lark or pushed the opening or of that new ditch In Colorado or made that mine In Illinois more safe or brought relief to the old soldier In Wyoming No matter whichever ono one of ot these beneficent individuals you may mal happen to be a 91 r rI A I I give II you greeting Mr rr rIa Maser raer I wa was about to pass on when hen the flag stopped cd me with these words l 1 esterday the President spoke a word ord that made ler the fu future future ture of 10 peons In levico but tint th act looms no larger on the flag than the struggle which the boy In Georgia Is making to sin sinthe In Inthe the corn club prize this summer we e made a new law la lato to pre prevent present ent panics panic and yes yesterday y maybe ma e a school teacher In InI I I Ohio taught his first to ab aV a b V A 1 1 Zt t 1 1 FRANCIS SCOTT KEY boy who will one day write a song th t will give gibe cheer to the millions ot of our race e W e a are all mahln making the flag na But But ut I said Impatiently these people were only working I Then came a great shout from the flag The work that vv ss e a do Is the mat mak makIng makIng Ing of at the flag I I am not the flag not at all I Iam Iam Iam am but Its shadow I 1 am whatever er you ou mike mke me nothing more I am your our belief In yourself your dream of or what shat hat a people may ma become Sometimes I am strong with pride when hen men do an honest pork ork fitting the rails together truly Sometimes I droop for then pur purpose purpose purpose pose has gone cone from me and sally cally I play the t co coward ard Sometimes I am loud garIsh and full of that ego o that blasts judgment But alwa always s I am all alI that you hope to be and have hae the courage coura eto to try forI for forI I am the Constitution and the courts statutes and the statute statute- statute makers makers mahers soldier and drayman dra man and street s sweep seep cook counselor and clerk I am the battle of or yesterday esterday and the mistake of tomorrow v I am the mystery of ot the men who ho do without knowing Ing why by byI I am the clutch of ot an nn Idea and the reasoned purpose of ot resolution I am no more than what you be- be believe believe be believe lieve me to be and I am all that you belIe e that I can be I am nm what you iou ou make me noth nothIng nothIng lug Ing more I swing be before foro your eyes as a abright abright abright bright gleam of or color a symbol or of yourself the pictured su suggestion ot of that big thing which makes this nation My stars and my strIpes are your dream and your labors They are bright w with Hh cheer pant with Ith courage firm firm with faith because you ou have made them so out of your hearts for you are the makers mahers of or the flag and It Is hell ell that you glory In the making Sa I lea Ha JI A 1 R AWe ica A We owe our official celebration ot of Flag day to President Woodrow ilson On May lay 13 1 1910 he Is- Is Issued issued Is Issued sued a n proclamation de l June 14 of each year as Flag day and It has been so observed cd since that time As for the honor of being time the originator of ring nag day It would be difficult to a award arll that title to anyone army one person since several everal o mer leans contributed to the Idea Ono One of them Is la a II woman oman Mrs Irs Laura B D widely known as the Mother Iother of rung Flag day DurIn During President Ilson s administration she was vas editor of the I In Instructor Instructor Instructor In hew v e York and In that publication suggested setting aside June 14 as ail Flag day Her lIer was fon forwarded by the Daugh Daughters Daughters Daughters of the tho American Revolution In ew York to the President and his proclamation of May 13 1910 fol followed followed lowed soon afterwards Another who vho seems to have a ajust ajust aJust just claim to the tho title of origins u k- k tor Is Benjin Benjimin of or hew I v e lork Under Undu the time title of ot lla I lag lac Day DayMan DayMan Man Ian the hew cw ew magi lne In Its Issue of June 14 1930 told his story as follows follos s If It the lady on your left tires ot of your more ponderous dinner topics you might tell her about Benjamin Altheimer you might sa say Is responsible for tor Flag day did you ou know that l To prove that you ou are not Just tr trying tri Ing to be funny you ou can give her ber time the facts about Mr Ir and how he thought up rIng nag day Here Bere they are He Is a real person alive e and well elI and lives right In old New NewYork NewYork York Although eighty he can still get about spryly Iy Iso ho o one In the world orld bets a greater thrill out of at walking up IIrth I avenue a on June 14 13 than titan he does After ACter all he put th tb Ise se flags out there yours there vours ours and mine and Lord S Taylor Talor lor s sand and every everybOdy everybody everybody bOdy else s 3 Mr Ir Altheimer thought of setting aside a special day for the Spangled Span Banner back In 1910 He lIe was as on ona ona ona a visit to San Antonio and he watched t with sparkling eyes the flag retreat ceremony at rort Fort Sam Houston one afternoon It im impressed pressed him mightily He was as about sixty then and a great pa patriot patriot triot In a quiet way a lover ot of the flag of ot the Betsy etsy Ross Hoss tion of the United States of Amer Amer- AmerIca America America ica generally oddly odd I enough he be was born In Germany He lIe came to America as a young yount man plunged Into banking and brokerage out In St louis I ouis and In Inno inno Inno no time made millions of dollars Ills gratitude for the time quick success that he a foreign born orn Jew had hall In Ina ina Ina a strange country took the form ot of philanthropy and patriotism lie He Hega ga gale e to hospitals founded lIbraries aided government go projects financed charIties led off of campaigns for tor time the relief of victims of or fire flood war and unemployment Always In his mind howe however er there thero lurked a desire de- de desire de desire sire to do something for America In a big way nay ay Time The Incident at San AntonIo was his Inspiration A great reader of ot our history he knew or It if he didn t he looked It up that June 14 was as the day on which congress accepted Betsy Ross flag Then with the same spIrit and gusto that had put 0 oser er charitable campaigns he started his drive drle to Interest the nation In Its flag lIe He began on SL S1 St Louis lie lle promised to give a fine tine flag flog to any Institution which would for formally malty observe 0 ring Flag day on the time four fourteenth fourteenth fourteenth The Second Presbyterian terian church of St Louis was Wa the first to respond In In 1011 1911 Other churches 5 synagogues and schools fell Int In t- t tx td tY x d Y 0 1 Es FRANCIS M BELLAMY I line une Mr Ir soon had to go 0 Into the flag ag purchasing and pre pre- pre pre- presenting presenting business on a big scale with secretarIes and others other helping him to meet the tho demand Since ho he was wali wa retired from banking ho he could give all of his hili hl time to It In 1912 SL 81 StLouis I Louis as a municipality celebrated Flag day Flags were overy where All traffic stopped for a full mma minute ute at a glen given time Mr Ir Altheimer was as happy He lie n waa as happier yet when hen In 1917 he lie got to PresIdent WIlson In person and Flag day was wa made a national occasion In |
