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Show I Mlscellomj i j ! History of the American Hag. I To(,iy prohahly several million American Tlaj:s are wavinp erendy in the varied br-ere nf our Rp.icious innd. cicnlf ic.int of t h calro and (lien If led. yet deep arid Isthuj. j.fl trioti:-rn of the American people. Ke thli our native land or adopted country, coun-try, we pledp aliet;ianee tit that M;ik. uncover ii we pas, iind iwar it In nilnSii-turo nilnSii-turo as a token of our ionlty. And et what do v. q linov: about its oriirln. its irrHiiiiiK. nnd its history? A lecture trip to the t'uitej Stain national tnvi- niu .n Washington, the national depository f Ainerti'iiii rclli'5, will teach niu;h concerning con-cerning tho flac. N'ntural'v there were m.my forms f early Mm en', especially rotor.!;) iype. ue, hv tho Individual colonies ;uil milltin m;l-nieius. m;l-nieius. l.efnre 1 he flHir4of the I'nited States whh established bv .ur com inrn tut rnn-Kiess rnn-Kiess on June 1 4, 1 777. now- cejehrated ns fUisr day. The net required thut the fia of th t'ntted Slated be of thirteen hori- |