Show g OZZ A 0 4 44 IF v V V by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN UNE 14 la is flag day tho the hlf day of the oldest flag the HI flag that hasneuer has never known B defeat the star spangled banner tho the stars und and stripes old glory I 1 yes the oldest fl flag ag so old did that 1025 la IS the sesquicentennial of paul reveres Re veroa ride illda and of lexington and concord of the capture of ticonderoga by allen alien and arnold of the second continental congress Con gresa of the Aleck mecklenburg lenburg declaration of daniel boones boonesborough Boones borough of bunker mil of the taking command by gen aen george washington of the continental army of the making of esek hopkins commander la in chief of the navy of the siege ot of boston no 1025 la Is not the ses I 1 of the flag that la Is for 1927 but what of that I 1 the flag Is what we have made it and the flag stands standa for bunker hill just as surely burely as it tanda stands tor for yorktown and fort mchenry and monterey and gettysburg and sun san juan hill tad and chateau thierry Th lerry so there will be many r flag lag days in 1923 1925 june 14 Is flag day because june I 1 14 1777 the second continental congress resolved that the flag of the thirteen united states be thirteen stripes alternate red and white that the union be thirteen stars white in a blue field representing the now new constellation that was the flag under which independence was won it if there were american flags flown at lexington and concord they were the as of the local militia at bunker hill was flown down the new england ilag flag it a blue pound ground one corner quartered by tho red cross of stgeorge st SL george with a pine tree in one section and various regimental flags the union flag that oen gen george washington raised january 1 1770 over his bead headquarters headquarter quarters a at cambridge was aoa made up of thirteen red and white stripes quartered with the british ullon jack in token of the fact that the Colont colonials als were fighting tor for their rights as englishmen whether tho the flag of 0 juno june 14 1777 was wait designed by betsy ross ROBS under direction or by francis on delegate to congress front from new jersey a band of patriotic young women tore up dresses to make the flag that was thrown to the wind july lly 4 1777 over portsmouth harbor maine the r flag lag received its baptism of fire august 3 1777 when st leger with british and indians indiana fully lly laid siege to fort stanwix rome X N Y september 4 1777 capt moman thompson ran up the flag or oa the raleigh upon going into action on the high seas congress in 1794 made a blunder it ordered the addition of two stars and two TOO stripes to the flag to mark the admission to the union of vermont and od kentucky in 1818 it eliminated the two stripes and decreed the adal on of a star for each now new state now tho new constellation con 11 of 48 five pointed stars stara in six rad eight vertical rows each ch star with one point upward it generally accepted that the white wm X BIg p purity na and d li innocence noco nce othi the red strength and valor and the blue vigilance perseverance and justice tho the star spangled banner was first so called by francis scott key in the star spangled banner which by common consent has hag come to be regarded by the american people as the national air of the united states of america congress has ahna never so designated it or any other air but army and navy regulations so recognize it the air la is an old one the poem was written during the war of 1812 la in the night hours of september 13 1814 while key was watching the bombardment by the british fleet of F fort ort mchenry in maryland the british campaign of 1814 consisted of expeditions from the north and south sir george provost coming from canada and a combined fleet flee t and army coming from bermuda under admiral cochrane and maj gen robert ross ross rosa captured washington and burned the capitol thereupon the th e british moved upon baltimore but the land force of men was beaten off and general ROSS boss was killed the fleet bombarded fort mchenry unsuccessfully and departed the congress of 1014 1914 made appropriation for a handsome monument to key and to the soldiers and sailors who beat off the british army and fleet this monument was dedicated june 14 1922 president harding harddng made the dedicatory address and said in part liere here the patriotic sona bons of tho early republic crushed one of the most ambitious invasions Inva slona ever almed aimed against our nation here hera during the rage 0 f combat was wa born the swelling anthem of american it in I 1 wholly fitting that flag day hould be chosen for this commemoration and because our hymn ot of patriotism in t an ap apostrophe he to the flag we love yen yea it to in 1 pho and invocation RB as w well e 11 born ot of a patriotic and poetic soul in tho the travail of a sublimely heroic night an american citizen citizenship p of the high and simple falth faith or 0 francis scott key a came aflame for or d defense e benise and no less leas devoted in meeting the problems of 0 peace wl will add to the luster ot of tile the danner banner he so proudly acclaimed every glittering star la is fixed sva every ry worthwhile worth while white procession la Is tta its bearing av more impressive tor for the cry passion tor for country la is refined by ita unfolding on ot of mercy or vessels ot of war in the armed camp or at the memorials of peace in n rejoicing procession or flying from tho the staff over the tha simple temples of the schooling youth of America everywhere it pleases the eye and reassures the heart and stirs the soul until we sing in alt all confidence with the poet patriot the star sparkled dauner in ahall wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave now the scene of this glorious victory and song to Is further to be honored the sixty eighth congress in its closing da days yel passed an act providing for the restoration of fort mchenry and its permanent preservation ig it nut national ional park and perpetual national nat t memorial shrine ns its the birth birthplace of the immortal star spangled banner and made an ampro appropriation privation pria tion of for the purpose ci ingress congress has recognized the one hun bun dred and fiftieth anniversary of the th battle of bunker hill by providing for the united states bunker banker mil hill sesquicentennial commission of 11 members 8 appointed by the president 4 by the president of the senate and 4 by the speaker of the house and the appropriation of in connection therewith and bunker hill la IS worth celebrating it was the first elret battle of the revolution ol T the he americans lost it but bat if ever a defeat was a victory it was waa bunker and what a fight it was with all boston on the housetops bouse topa to watch it I 1 you remember of course the sequence of those first sensational days day of actual hostilities in 1778 1775 it wan wa the night of the of april that paul revere and william dawes rods roda from boston to warn the minute men alen in advance of the british ex tion the next day took place the lexington and concord affairs and the chased the british back bach into boston the morning of april 20 found boston paT practically in a state of 0 beige provincial troops kept owning in and by june 10 there berv thousands behind entrenchments all about boston the morning of june 17 the very day that washington was appointed commander in chief by the second continental congress in philadelphia the astounded british in boston dl dla covered about ono one thousand americans digging themselves in on breeds hill on the charlestown Charles town peninsula which overlooked the north part of the city british vessels immediately opened fire and gage mustered must pred troops for attack at noon the british moved across to the peninsula in barges under gen william howe at ai 8 3 p m under cover of a cannonade the british attacked in force expecting an easy victory the americans americana held their fire until the british were within a few rods their volleys were then so deadly that the british veterans broke and ran reinforced by freab troops the british attacked a second time jimb under cover of the smoke from charlestown Charles town set on fire for the purpose again the deadly volleys again a disorderly retreat to the shore A third atack again a deadly volley or two but this time there was no british retreat foi foe the american ammunition was exhausted followed then a close and fearful hand handte to hand fight and in the end the americans american retreated fron from the field so the british won at a cost of 0 almost a hundred officers and about 1400 men killed and wounded the th american loss in killed billed wounded an and d captured was it was an american victory in defeat bunker mil destroyed forever the bugbear of the invincibility of the british regulars hence our american saying A bunker mil defeat |