Show FAMOUS FORTS IN U S HISTORY by ELMO SCOTT WATSON 11 1 he cut the cros cross from the british flag la in tie colonist colonists ot of Maas bachu achu aetta bay were in a tate state of 0 great per tur die master waster ot of i a british hip ship which had sailed into boston lar liar bor had demanded to know why ni no flag waa was ring 1 mer oner the little jell all faded fort on castle island to render bilm a solute and be saluted in turn that wax was an embarrassing question for a short time before one Itic hurd Daien davenport port acting upon 0 tie e order orders of tern stern old john Ind I 1 leott lad cut the croes cross out of the british o 0 flag because to that dour I 1 britan leader it sym the ancient catholic religion of the mother country that waa was one reason why no flae flag ile lem oer oner castle israni and it took x to riold results thus birli art in 51 assacl 1 dusett chiq 1 tory bistle island this little scrap of land ice lesa th n a dzen acre i in ex t tent it I 1 texanie c me nn an important FI rf A t TI tie e next incident in fix it history came in when HIP the hatred of f the colonl colon leti ta for their oler nor lindra 1 resulted in n renolt ani ant one ot of the first places they wn was tills this frt art in 1705 C I 1 lonel n net homer romer a fan oin I 1 anglish engi engineer ne er ii was as amplo employed ed to repair the fort whose hose dallsa bs b s hat ha I 1 fallen into mil pad disrepair disie diste patr pair he lie demol 11 1 1 el d all fill of tl if e old works and erects ant new ones if t timbers and earth an 1 this new f truncation the biot tr fr that had bad et graced bistle 11 1 land was castle or fort VV lellam in honor lionor of tl it e king during the I 1 rench french wars tort I 1 ort II 11 liam wn as one ont of the most important defenses defene ee along the atlantic co cot ani an I 1 at the eloe 1 of these war wars it ila lial I 1 a total of 11 0 guns mounted on its wall it wan was strongly etron itly carriv 11 tie I 1 by the atrit leh ish at the outbreak of the revolution ui an an ol 01 I 1 in holding the rebell rebellious ioui cul rot in subjection but when I 1 lord ord howe I 1 owe in the flae ang wai was lowered over fort IN illiam nei neier er if to bv be raised again in 1703 caled re led fort I 1 ort to the federal government the neit next year when tres I 1 resident ident jhn adaina tolled I 1 oston loston he ug getel that I 1 lort ort it li dependence would ie to a more name tor for thin thi deden der of american libert ll bertle lei en on I 1 ills his A I 1 ig gestson was adopted al opted in tort I 1 ort independence was enlarged into a case mateL lent pentagonal ent bat bast lonel ionel tor for an I 1 for the first time in nearly air e iri 4 hostin boston had a deafen der of tre name ol 01 fort t 1914 a OIL |