Show e AM 17 daft mills R 0 i P owl V as 57 5 A qt 41 N kv OT AN q aa A 0 t by ELMO SCOTT WATSON 51 day malch la rj r j B on june 14 gho alie it r I 1 t tes has it 0 s o caal ial significance tills this year o it Is alie of alio llio adoption A of our lat folit 11 ll emblem for it was on june 14 1777 11 just ago ears ago I 1 eliut fit alie le beco second d continental congress in fit palla pima alie roso proposed by y ohn john adams which resolved that the flar flag or of the thir tien united states be thirteen strives alter hitte red and white that tho the union stars white in ili a blue field ro presenting a new ew constellation bonstel lation thus did the lag flag come into being ito it inception la Is one of our favorite traditions in which the names of G orge washington toll and betsy ross rosa ire inseparably inseparable linked according to this hl tradition lit first flag combining the he stars stare and stripes was made by bv ITS elizabeth ros bloss s ot at tier finine 1 ionic 29 kra arch street under tho personal of george wash ifton some time between stay may 23 ano and julie UK 7 1777 the hag flag as designed by washington had sl pointed stars tal il it was at mrs ross suggestion bat it alse pointed stars were cited her design ivna w presented to con pass ess by it tee compu ed of tier lier baskind bas bind col george hoss title ony of the lie eners of the lie declaration of indu inde belice fi filin oin ll 1 vania robert mals ind find washington who in pre inting tug it said we ve take tile star front from tile red from our mother mollier country it by white stripes and the i mille stripes shull shall go down to posterity pst erity representing liberty such Is tile the tradition which Is commonly accept accepted od even though there Is to no documentary proof to hack back up its authenticity later betsy ross rosa Is said tobaie received from the government I 1 contract for making lags flags and sho she ltd ind her daughter carried on this business until 1857 today there are dependants defendants fend Pend ants of I 1 etsy ross such as the young woman pictured above miss bliss line ice ross of f new pv york who carry on tte the family tradition of hag flag makers according to another story this first tit was d designed luned by francis hopkin 1011 on of 0 new jersey also if signer of i tte the declaration of independence and tte the Iten itemized flUd statement which lie he pre tented to tile the government in 1780 for hil la services in designing this hag flag as 11 us as the beal of tho the department of admiralty and of eother other governmental Is on file in the cess ires ional lonal library bill whether betsy ros s or francis was the designer as well as aa I 1 number of other details connected 11 iab ll the lle origin of the flag over which there e Is dispute Is ever settled con savely sl vely tile lie fact remains that june 14 1777 wila the date upon which the american kmer ican lug oil danie dame into ex iten ice and hat lit la 18 the reason for the observance oi of nag flag day it ii has caal la 84 tilts this year too be 1101 cluse the die L fintch anted states flag assoria of wil ahti 11 president cooledge Is 1111 on lias has launched a P ilen or it a million members 11 tile IK formation of elal elvins flags throughout the na aoa tile the I 1 relied states flag as assoria socia lion noanie nc anie ini being through the efforts of 01 tol t ol of jarlies A moss U S A re ared eu ivilo io served wn ed through three wars uder 13 lae tile hie stars find and stripes and who director gl general of the association of it are thirteen in num the erl typifying g th the thirteen stripes lies in flug ae find and include prominent ruen men women iOl nen representing all races W an X i I 1 t V rl 6 creeds and political feal in the united states the national council consists of the lie governors of the 48 states lit in the union t typifying plying tile the 48 stars in tile the lias flag tile association founded for the promotion of reverence for the flag and the ideals and institutions for which it stands hopes to bring about in this year a patriotic revival through the formation of living flags on flag day da during the years ears of its history the american ring ping lias has attracted to it various symbolical names old glory glor stars and stripes red white tind I 1 blue thi the national standard the alio starry flag the flag of the rice free the rainbow of hope the colors tile un cn sign and the star stair spangled banner the last la is perhaps aps the favorite one since it Is also the name of our ua anthem that name for it wils nus first used in 1814 and associated with it lye tile names i of fort mchenry md aid find and francis scott key that too Is one of the familiar traditions of american history but there Is no dispute about the facts fact with naming the lag flag the star spangled banner as there Is in ahl case of the origin of the banner during tile the war of 1812 a british expedition tion set out to cut the nation in two by moving up the chesapeake cl hay capturing tap turing washington and baltimore and from tills this strategic position 0 perethia pere north find south washing the lie capalto ton toil was captured and burned but bill when the british fleet moved agil against lust baltimore it found a stout defender of that city in the form of fort B Ici lenry during the bombardment of tit fort francis scott key a young maryland board one of detained on oil lawyer nv was as the british Biltl sli ships to willell which lie ile had gone golie seeking the II eaFe of if a friend milond who had bern been prisoner iy ay 1 the hie brit isil asli all adl during tile night K ke ey watched tin tile at dawn dan lie peered gli the mist and smoke to see if the fort still held out or if its gum find iwen silenced find it had been beef ills delight ile he forced to surrender to 1109 was still there saw lint our so lie he sat down and wrote the w bordi 0 rd of tile the immortal song on tit alie C hack of it an old envelope W elope tile original star spangled dan ner the hag which flew over oer fort me bic henry that memorable night Is still preserved ved in the national museum in washington it was made by mrs mary of baltimore whose whosel grandmother rebecca young is said to have hae made the first hag flag of tho the under general direction although tier her descendants ants who have the story do not specify which flag this clr farst W one was in its ita present state 0 of f preservation tile the star spangled bantie banne Is 32 31 by 1 29 0 feet it has fins 15 stripes and tin an equal number of stars it was one of tile the famous 15 stars and stripes flags authorized by congress lit in 1791 since there were then only 18 15 wiles states in the union it was one of ailiese 1115 15 stars and stripes flags which hew flew from the mast of the U S S constitution old ironsides and under which oliver hazard perry fought in his f famous fatuous naval battle on lake erle nor has the memory of key been forgotten lie ho died in baltimore in 1843 find and lie ties lies burled buried in frederick md bid the town made famous by tile the tradition of barbara frietchie FrIetch le and her defiance It flance of shoot if you must this old of gray head but spare your coun arys flag dag in 1914 congress made an appropriation for a monument at fort mchenry to stand as a memorial to key and the american soldiers and sailors who beat off the british attack tills this monument was dedicated on oil flag day in 1922 1022 with president larding delivering the principal address d ress the sixty eighth congress in 1025 appropriated tile the surn sum of for tile hie restoration of fort uni der the direction of the seem secretary tary of war and its permanent preservation as a national anric und and perpetual national memorial shrine as the birthplace of tile the Ill immortal mortal star spangled i banner tills this work Is now going on with the fort itself being restored and tile buildings around it being torn down to make place for a beautiful park it in the picture above showing fort mahonry ns as it 11 Is today the lip all ing barr la Is sold said to he be tile the same one which the ung fang that inspired francis scott I 1 apy ey ile lew W lit and d from it a star spangled banner still waves wave |