Show Old Glor Glory 15 Years Years' Old Today O 0 0 O 0 0 Stars a and ad Stripes StriPes' Adopted in ill 1777 e o First Flown Flom at Fort Stanwix N. N NY Y By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS I r pledge allegiance to the flag of ot the the United Stat States s and to the re republic republic re- re public for tor which It stands one na nation nation nation na- na tion indivisible with liberty and Justice for all This is the pledge which every American should take Tuesday for tor forIt forit It pledges fealty to the starry banner banner banner ban ban- ner the banner of mans man's brotherhood brotherhood brotherhood brother brother- hood for tor courage for tor chivalry for generosity and honor Its red reel stripes stand for courage Its white strips for purity and the blue field fieldon on which are emblazoned forty eight stars for tor fidelity and truth It It means America and liberty June 14 marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of ot the birth of ot Old Glory for on on that date Inthe in inthe inthe the year 1777 the continental congress congress con con- gress went upon pon record as follows Resolved that the flag of the thirteen states be thirteen stripes alternate red and white that the union be thirteen stars White in a blue field representing a new con con- Who ho introduced the resolution what the vote was on the resolution resolution resolution tion or or r any other history In connection connection tion with its birth is Js unknown wn as asno asno asno no record can be found Forty Forty- three days after atter the adoption of the resolution n the first public display display display dis dis- play of the flag was at Fort StanwIx Stanwix Stan- Stan wIx New York Five months later the beautiful emblem was wag raised by John Paul Jones above his vessel the Ranger on the high seas sens It was not officially oUi- oUi officially carried by AmerI American an troops troop's in battle until 1847 1846 in the Mexican war What does the flag mean What Wha t of f H its glory and grandeur Let the great men of America speak I LINCOLN'S PLEA Said the president martyr Abraham Abraham Abraham Abra Abra- ham Lincoln Let every American Ameri Ameri- can every lover of liberty every well wisher of ot prosperity swear by the blood of the revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of ot the country and never to tolerate their violation by bv others As the patriots patriots' of 76 did to the support of ot the Declaration of ot Independence Independence Inde Inde- so to the support of ot the con constitution and the laws let Jet every American pledge his life Ufe his property property property prop prop- erty and his sacred honor honors let every everyman everyman everyman man remember that to violate te the law is td to trample on the blo blood d of ot othIs his fathers and to tear the charter I of his own childrens children's liberty Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap Let It be t taught In schools in seminaries and in colleges Let it be written In primers spelling books and almanacs Let It be preached from th proclaimed proclaim proclaim- ed In legislative halls haIls and in courts of justice In n short let it become the political religion of the nation Said Woodrow Wilson Walson When I I look at the flag it seems to me as if the white stripes were strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of ot man man and the red stripes the streams o of blood by I which those rights have been made good Then in the little blue firmament firmament firma tirma- ment in the corner have swung out the stars of the states of the American Amen Amerl can union So it is is Ig as it were a sort of floating charter that has as come down to us from Runnymede when men said We Ve will wm not have masters we will be a people and we will seek our own liberty E Eulogizing Old Glory Henry Ward Beecher said A thoughtful mind when It sees a nations nation's flag sees not the flag only but the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion Itself and whatever may be Its symbol Its insignia he reads chiefly in n the flag the government the principles the tru truths the history that belong to the nation that sets it forth MEANS EANS E EQUALITY As to American equality Andrew Carnegie the great philanthropist said Do you know why the Americans worship the starry banner banner banner ban ban- ner with a more intense passion than even the Briton does his flag I tell telI y you u- u It II is ls because It is not a a flag of a government which discriminates between her children decreeing privilege to one and denyIng denying denying deny deny- ing It to another but It is the flag of a government which gives give the same rights to all all- Said Robert G. G Ingersoll Ours Is Js the only flag that has In reality written upon it Liberty Libert Equality Fraternity the Fraternity the three grandest words in all the I languages of men That the flag sh should uld hang from all windows on all public days President Benjamin HarrIs Harrison n said Do not be e ashamed to love the flag flagor or to confess your love for tor it Make fake much of it tell teU its hist history ry sing of it It now floats over our schools and it ought to hang from the windows windows windows win win- dows of ot all aU our homes on all aU public davs days President President Glorious old-banner old said dent den dent William McKinley It expresses expresses expresses ex ex- presses the of a free people and proclaims that they are supreme and that they acknowledge dge no earthly earth earth- ly sovereign but themselves Glorious Glorious Glorious Glori Glori- ous old banner said The republic never retreats Albert J J. J Beveridge Its flag is the only flag that has never known de feat Where that flag leads we follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low for we know that the hand that thai bears it onward is the unseen hand of God We Ve follow rice flag and independence is ours We follow the flag and nationality is ours F Everywhere and always It ft means larger liberty nobler opportunity and greater human happiness Was ever flag so beautiful asked Henry Watterson Did ever flag so fill the souls of men The love of woman the s sense nse of duty the thirst for lor glory the heart- heart I throbbing that impels the humblest American to stand by his colors fearless in the defense of ot his native soil solI and holding It sweet to die for lor forIt It the it-the the yearning which draws him to It when exiled from it its it-its Its free institutions and Its blessed memories memories memo memo- ries all are embodied and symbolized symbolized symbolized symbol symbol- by the broad stripes and bright stars of the the- nations nation's emblem The largest American flag ever made was the one which covered the entire south side of the Salt SaIt Lake temple It was suspended during during during dur dur- ing the Jubilee week in 1897 when the state celebrated the fiftieth anniversary anniversary anniversary an an- of the arrival of the Latter-day Latter Saints into the Salt Lake valley Efforts have been made to locate it by the state historical historical historical his his- society but without avail r |