Show W WASHINGTON'S FLAG ci Last Last autumn sa says s 's the thc Philadelphia Bulletin Bulletin Bulle Bulle- tin thi the time Valley Forge orge museum of American his- his purchased from the time national museum Washington's Wash Wash- it ington's headquarters fla flag For years ears the flag has en bt-en a n treasured heirloom of Miss Lovell's Lovells a family awl anI few have known of it its existence Upon her j death sin she became its owner It was vas known know S in the family as Washington's headquarters flag Miss l Lovell is a a. descendant of Betty Lewis the sister of Washington The flag now in the museum mu inn- seum scum here is a blue silk back backwith with thirteen stars Time The blue is faded fadel and the stars yellow with age The Time flag is 36 inches long and 28 inches wide The fabric is of homespun linen with three eyelets worked with thread The stars arc are six-pointed six and the silk back of them has been cut out to show the stars on both sides The stars are not arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged in a circle but bitt in lines f following the cro crosses es of the British flag That is a very sacred momento That is the flag that drooped over Valley Forge through that awful winter when the troubles were so sore that even en Washington was almost in despair It was the thc flag that followed the arm army across the time Delaware Delaware Dela ware and began the final redemption of the countr country country coun coun- tr try at Princeton and Trenton That is the fia flag that hung out over oyer headquarters on that fateful morning when Cornwallis gave up tip his sword which act finally convinced Great Britain that she never could conquer the time colonists never rega regain n her lost possessions which she had lost through her own obstinacy and cupidity r. r But it taught her a n great lesson She has been Ye vc very j gentle with Canada Canada Canada Can Can- ada since then very gentle with Australia very gentle with the colony in South Africa and she is about to give Home rule to Ireland Only in India If h her natural bullying spirit manifested and the young king of England who has been there thinks it would be much easier to govern that country I were full justice done the people |