Show FAMOUS FORTS IN U US S HISTORY by ELMO SCOTT WATSON where our flag firt first faced an enemy on the morning t 3 1777 an army of 1 british borica an I 1 in titans led by gen barry t I 1 eger appeared before a little palisades ded structure known as lort tort be schuler which stood on the present elle site ot of rome 1 Y and which was aas garrisoned by a mall small force of americana americans commanded by col cot peter gansevoort Ganse and col cot martnus fillet As the enemy drew near they saw flying above the fort a strange flag red and white alte stripes with 13 stars on a blue held field having heard that tong ong reps had a tills this fit fam in of eigil lein the garrison lied made ite its own bag flag the white stripes front a soldier eold lere it shirt the red one ones from froin the petticoat ent of 0 one of the women in the fort and the blue field from all old cloak worn norn by ony one of the officer officers thu thus for the alt time in history the lie stars and stripe stripes float ed in the face of an edem a an ani I 1 its appearance ua wai a historic hie occasion occa elon it if bt st I 1 eger in taking fluting the tort fort he could proceed down doan the mo ho hask alley without opposition aln forces with general burgone at al at bany and together the two to general would march on new ew york and end the ReNd lotion atlon by cutting oft off its head new PW england from the other I 1 ol onlee lor more than two bio weeks the beitl di leader laid glege to tie the fort then came the fierce little battle of Oris oriskany kany where old hongkil Honl kil I 1 herkimer who mio mas as marching to lort tort lern realf rel lf won his costly victory aided by a brilliant sortie ie le I 1 by colnel aillet over st it legers motley army finhen hen the demoralized enemy tones fores retreated the erode crude lit ill tie banner salil flew aloe close the tort fort and below it bun aa five british flags fort schuyler pr te Is also known by tte its earlier name fort stanwix in honor of gen ion stanwix who ho built it in 1758 in it is was as the scene of 0 sir mallam Ill lain Jolin gons famous trolly with the iroquois by which he rained for the english unit the title to much it of what Is no sew new york Ienn syhania IN cst et N fin I 1 kentucky Iven hen tucky A short time later the fort wan was destroyed and when it was rebuilt in 1770 it was name I 1 fort St 14 huyler in honor of gen phillp schuler ler the defender I 1 the new york arf antler late in the revolution fort schuyler chuyler was v as destroyed deb troyed by fire an ani I 1 wn aiji never rebr ailt but upon thil historic le spot another important event 0 ov erred in wl NO at la Is known as not I 1 ie te treaty of lort tort shuler huler was wan ignec between the iroquois ant 1 the united untied state states and in it the elx six nations ceded to the unite states forever their claim to the northwest territory the great inland empire which now es ohio indiana illinois 11 and michigan igan a 1121 N niria NiR ir uni G |