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I L u p t ki r rrt i I h 1 1 ws wM t 1 1 J a 1 I r i s'S I L I-i- I S S r wt rM e x r r 4 By ELMO SCOTT WATSON HE scene Is Independence hall ball In f n Philadelphia The date te Is June 1 14 4 1777 1771 The Second Continental co congress congress con con- n. n gress press Is In session and at the c corn com command m- m mand wand of or John Hancock Secretary y Charles Thomson reads read's the following g resolution Resolved That the flag dag of th the e United States be thirteen stripes a alternate al aI- ternate red and white that hat the unto union n be thirteen stars white In a n blu bluee blue bluefield e field e d. d representing a new constella tion The resolution Is unanimously y adopted by the congress Thus th the e Stars and Stripes became our national flag Thus Thu s the Red White and Blue became our national 1 colors a t The scene Is Fort McHenry In Maryland l Tb The e time Is during the third year of ot the War of ot 1812 2 between the United States and anal Great Britain and more more particularly p the date Is Is the night of t September Septem Septem- ber 12 l 1814 14 A BrItish fleet teet sailing up the Chesapeake Chess peake b bay y to capture Baltimore as a part of ot th the e British plan to cut the nation In 11 two wo fin finds Fort For t McHenry a stubborn obstacle stacle to that plan On on one te e of ot the British ships a young Maryland lawyer la who has gone gone on board seeking th the r release lease of ot a e friend who had been taken prisoner by the In in- Is detained by them Francis Scott Ke Key y Is Js his name All AU night the long of ot guns the men men- war of-war ro roar r and all aU night long the fort tort answers answer s with such artillery as can reach the enemy As the dawn of ot Septem September 13 breaks Key peers peer s anxiously through the mist and smoke 0 to se see if It th the e fort Is still stU holding out against the bombardment A welcome sight m meets ts his eyes High up on th the e flagpole of at the fort the Stars and Stripes floats t In the morning air Keys Key's be Joy can I expressed In Ii InI i only one way He sits down do and upon the back bad of a letter which he lie happens happens' to have hare In hi hir his s r I pocket he writes some notes for a poem which h flashes Into his Ms mind in the ecstasy of ot that m mo mo- o ment meat A little later he writes out the poem h in full nil and this is It STAR-SPANGLED STAR BANNER O 0 eay lIay can you see by tho the dawns dawn's early light What ao so proudly we at the twilights twilight's last Jut t gleaming gleaming- who w b broad stripes and anel bright stars stare perilous fight through th the e Oer O'er the ramparts we streaming were so eo gallantly y And the the- rockets rocket's red glare the bomb In air bursting burstin g Gave pro proof at through the night that still there our flag wa was s O 0 say eay does dou that atar star spangled O Oar r tho the land of ot the free tree spangled banner yet wave way e and the home hom of ot the brave On the shore dimly deep seen through the mists of ot th the e Where the foes foe's haughty host in dr dread reposes repose ad e Waat Wa la Ii that which the tho breeze oer o'er the towering steep P. P g As All it fitfully blows half halt conceals halt half Now it catches discloses the beam gleam Eleam of ot the mornings morning's fir first st In full tun glory reflected Tta the now shines In the strew stream m star spangled banner banner o O long It wave may it Oer O'er the j land of ot the tho free tree and bra e the home homo of ot th the 0 O thus be he It ever er h when n freemen Between shall stand their lov lovd home and the wars war's desola desol a Blest Bleat with and peace may the tho cued land rescued res rem Praise the power that bath hath made us its a nation I and preserved preserve d Then conquer we Ve must And nd this be be our motto motto In when hIn In our cause it is Just t And tb the Star spangled God is our trust banner In wave triumph sha shall li Oer O'er the tho land of the brave free tree and the home of th t he r r f fOn th Baltimore On September American 21 his po poem m Is ts published he 1 in the he t and a few days later er it tg 1 1 tL 1 l r rf xh v p f r 4 N v 1 1 The house flag which h Is flown from fro the arm of the Statue of Liberty In New York harbor on Flag day each year On the balcony below stands Mrs Laura B. B Frisks the Mother Mathe of Flag Day 2 2 The original Flag Resolution of June 14 14 1777 In the handwriting of C Charles arles Thomson secretary of the Second Continental congress 3 3 Capt William Driver Salem the Salem Mass sea captain who gave the name of Old Glory to the American flag 4 relief Bas-relief on the base of the Francis Scott Key Memorial Memorial monument at Fort McHenry Md which perpetuates the fame of the man who wrote The liThe Star-Spangled Star Banner the national anthem 5 The Stars and Stripes Forever A Forever A thrill thrill- thrillIng ing tug Incident of pf the Revolution The British evacuating evac evac- after the Yorktown surrender nailed the British flag to the flagstaff at the Battery and then greased greased the pole A barefoot sailor boy volunteered to 10 climb up take down the enemy flag and nail the American flag to the pole From th the reproduction of the famous painting by Henry Mosier In The liThe Winning of Freedom volume of The Pageant of ot America Amerl a Yale University Press S S struck of off In handbill form and distributed on on the file streets streets streets' ts of f Baltimore where there Is great ing ngot i at the deliverance from froin the thre threat t of invasion The poem immediately catches the fancy of the public and F Ferdinand Durang sets It to music using an adaptation of ot an old tune Anacreon In fn Heaven Hea A popular a actress tress sings slobs It In the Holliday Street theater and It Is Is' greeted with U thunderous applause Thus our national flag became widely known as the Star-Spangled Star Banner Thus hus America m rIc ac ac- a national ant anthem by popular choice and popular custom although no definite action toward official adoption of of Keys Key's son song as our national anthem was taken until this year The scene Is s Salem Mass The date Is Au August 10 10 1831 Down at nt the Salem wharves a crowd of ot c citizens gathers to see see the sailing of ot the brig Charles Daggett which Is about to start on a world the voy voyage ge Capt Copt William Driver er master of ot the Charles Daggett aggett Is one of ot the best known skippers ers who have hove carried the name of ot Salem to ever every part of the globe He Is not noted d for tor his his' sturdy Americanism and arid his deep love for his country's flag flog So his neighbors have ha ve brought him a n which gift they kno know will please him as nothing else can It Is a fine flute American flag Captain Driver Is on deck wh when n a sailor carryIng carryIng carry carry- Ing lag the red white and blue bundle folded foiled l In trIangular tri trl angular form torm advances and nd starts out upon his carefully memorized speech In ancient times when an ocean vo voyage was looked upon with superstitious dread he says sus it t was the custom on the eve of departure to to roll the time banner In to the the form form- of ot a a triangle When Whelm ready the priest stepped forward and taking time the banner In hand sprinkled sprinkled sprin sprin- kled It with consecrated and water dedicated It to God the time I Father ather God the Son and God the Holy Boly Ghost Ghost turning the point Joint of the triangle upward at the name of each thus calling on that unity of ot Creator Redeemer and ond Sanctifier to bless the thc national emblem m mand and prosper th the voy voy- voyagers agers and their friends The flag thus crated consecrated consecrated conse conse- was then hoisted to the masthead ci As he lie finishes he h hands his his' gift to Captain Driver er who adjusts It to the hal halyards ards and hoists It In to position lon at the masthead the crowd Quiet falls upon crowd as the new flag unfurls In all nil Its beauty To 10 Captain Oliver Driver who has Just heard the rite of ot the ancients con conies comes es the Inspiration perform a n rite to of Qt his own Looking out aloft he cries rles Ill call culL her Old Glocy Clore Thus boys Old Glory 1 C was the name Old Glory first national banner applied to our In few other countries has hns been such the national flag lag 1 an inspiration to writers as us has been the Stars and Stripes In the United States Fro From t the e earliest days ot of the Republic it h has has- s been a favorite theme of ot the poets One of ot of the most ost famous wh which ch It has In Inspired d is that nat national onal classic cl written by J Joseph Rodman Drake early Inthe in inthe inthe the Nineteenth century Nearly every Ame American Ican schoolboy at nt some time or another another has recited J these thes stirring lines THE AMERICAN FLAG When Freedom tr from m her mountain height Unfurled her standard in tho the air She tore the azure robe of at night 4 And set the stars of at glory there I I She mingled with its gorgeous dy dyes s j 1 Tho The milky baldric of ot the skies i And striped its s pure celestial f With t of the tho morning light Then from his his his' mansion In the sun She called her eagle bearer down vAnd v And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of ot her chosen land I J Majestic monarch of at the cloud t Who aloft thy regal form torm 7 To hear th the tempest loud I And see Bee the lightning lances driven When strive the warriors of ot the J storm And rolls the thunder-drum thunder of at heaven Child of ot the sun soul to thee given To guard th the b banner ot of of the free tree i To hover in sulphur inathe-sulphur the sulphur smoke l 41 iTo i Jj r To ward away the battle stroke stroke And bid its shine afar atar Like rainbows ws on tho the cloud loud of at war n. n The Tho harbi harbingers gera of ot victory ory I i I 5 One of ot the prose classics Inspired d by Dy the rae national national na na- e emblem n is s The Mak Makers rs of ot th the Flag by Franklin K Lane secretary of ot the he Int Interior I In President Wilsons Wilson's ns n's cabinet Sp Speaking before the employees employees employees' of his lils department in n Washington on Flag F lag day clay In to 1914 Mr Lane delivered this eulogy THE MAKERS OF THE TIiE FLAG This morning as I passed into the land office th tho e flag sag drooped me a most cordial salutation salutation and from its rippling folds I heard It It say Good mornIng morn morn- lug Ing Mr Flag Maker I b beg g your pardon Old Glory I said arent aren you mistaken I am not the fire President of at the tha U United States nor gar a member of ot congress congress nor even a a general in the she army army I am only a government clerk I 1 greet you again Mr Flag Maker Maher replied the gay voice I 1 know w you well You are the man who who worked In the swelter of at st stin straightening out out the tangle of at that farmers farmer's yesterday homo home st stead tead s ad in Idaho Idaho or perhaps you found the mistake in that Indian contract in Oklahoma or helped to clear tho patent for tor that hopeful Inventor Invent r In New York or pushed the opening of ot that new ditch in Colorado or made that mine In Illinois more safe sate or brought relief relict to the old soldier In Wyoming No matter whichever one of ot these beneficent In Individuals In- In d you you may may happen to be be I give glue you greeting greetIng greet greet- ing Mr Dir Flag Maker I was ab about ut to pass on when the flag stopped w with ith those words m me Yesterday the the President spoke a word ward that made happier the future of at peons peon In tn MexIco Mex idea ico Ice but that act looms looms' no larger on the flag than Ui the struggle which th the boy in Georgia Is Is' Is making to win the Corn Club r prize e this summer I. I vac ua v congress b can spoke a word ill ii whIch w open the thedoor door ot of Alaska a but a mother In M Michigan T T worked fr tram from m sunrIse until tar far I into nto to th the nIght to e give her b boy boyan y an education es making th rho sag flag She Sh to too too I. I s Yesterday we we made a n new w law to to prevent financial finan- finan clot cial panics and yesterday maybe a school teacher i In n Ohio taught his first letters to n. n boy who some day write n n. s song rig that will will glue give cheer to millions mil mil- lions Ilona of at atoUr oUr race ra e. e We are arc an all makIng time the nag flag flag- But BUt I 1 said these people were only working Then rhen came a great shout tram from the tho flag flag- The work t that at we do Is the making ot of the flag I am amo not the flag flaB not at all I shadow shaw am but it It jl I am whatever you make me mo nothing more I am your YOU bellet belief Yn in yourself what a people may may become your drea dream o at f I live a changing lIte life a life lite of at slogs of at heartbreaks arid and tired muscles moods and pas par Sometimes I am stron strong with do an honest prIde when me men n work fitting th the rails falls together truly Sometimes droop I-droop for tor then from n nie e. e and cynically T J purpose has gone gOnO play the c coward iSom Sometimes Umes rI 1 am loud CarS garl garish h and fait U tull of at ego that blasts lodgment judgment d that the t But always alwa's 1 am all all' that you have the courage to try tor hope to be an and d I i am song a tear ear struggle and h ho hope pe panic anc and en ennobling en- en I am the days day's w work rk of i the he the largest dream of the tho weakest man and an d most daring I am the Constitution and and the the courts courts statutes statute statute e makers soldier and drayman and sweep street cleric I cook counselor r an II I am the battle ot of ot of tomorrow v. yesterday and the mistake e I am the mystery ot of f th the m men n who k do why without I am the the clutch of ot an an idea and the the thc reasoned purpose of ot resolution reasoned I am no more than what you and I am all th that lt you believe belie I I can believe be be boC m me meto to b bI be I I 1 i am T swing what before yOU make me me thing nothing nothing more more more your eyes as a a bright olor color a symbol of ot yourself the tho gleam Bleam of ot of of t that big thing which makes pIctured i suggestion n stars tars and my stripes are your thi this nation n. n My lay labors The They are ore bright with dream and d y your ur Courage o firm with faith because cheer brilliant with hem them so out of ot yoU ha have Vo y your ur hearts For hat made mada era rs ot of The tho fia sag flag and acid It t Is s well that YOU yon are the mak m aking you dory lorT la IQ tb the |