Show I 1 backwoods mans f famous a military exploit that fixed ti the le boundary of the united states at the lie in the treaty of 1783 the british la 14 on the al leghan loa los this li 11 turn led to the louls louis antin purchase february 3 1783 first app appearance a a rance ot the amer american loan flag in A british port by th ship hip bedford of j which arrived in tile he allver thames on this date september 13 1784 first displayed 1 in n fa china by ca capt pt jhn green of 1 the empress in canton river luver the native orld bald it was HB As t benu ticul alful as a flower 7 kind ind tho chinese continued ax to call tt it the flower flag flaa for to man anany years september 30 20 1787 august 10 0 1790 the american Amert can flag completed its if birst t trip r I 1 p around it the it e em lo 10 world borne by the nil in 01 11 I 1 Z 4 ship columbia mailing balling diw Q from tr om boston 0 january 13 1794 A aj american alag changed by act of congress owing to two new states state f Nei ducky and vermont bein being g admitted to the he union the A flag flaer now had two J stare and two stripes stripe added to it making 16 stripes and stars stare this was waa the star spangled hanner anner and under this flag our country fought and won three wars wara to maintain her exist la a on n a 0 e t the so bo called n naval a v a I 1 wr war with france in 1798 that with the barbary states stater in 1801 1808 1906 I 1 and that with england in 1912 1315 A raising of the star spangled bannor banner of tremendous interest and importance ow 4 M we W 14 took place in st louts bouts tn in may of 1804 following the 1 by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN BUSHMAN LD GLORYS DAY the day of the star spangled banner of tho the red white and blue of tho stars and stripes of the flag that la Is oldest among V the nations of earth of the flog flag that Is hand ermest of nil all that wave of tho the flag that has baa never known h aown defeat of tho the ring flag of the united states stated of america the most moat powerful the richest nod and the most knost blessed country under the 68 sun old glorys thirteen stripes stand ifor the original states there Is gt a tar otar for each state in tho the union its ita rod means valor its ita whito chopo auriti end and truth its ita clue blue loyalty joy alty sincerity and JuB justice tICO its stars stara high aspirations and federal union january 1 1770 general george washington commander ln in chief of the continental armies holsted tho the grund grand union flag over his headquarters at cambridge Cm bridge mass this wa waa g composed of the british union and aad 13 stripes it was as this orand union flag that was flown in boston when the british evacuated february 8 1770 the colonial congressional accepted a flag adof of the i thirteen stripes with a rattlesnake diagonally across them in june of 1770 1776 a committee pr the second continental congress accompanied by general washington culled called on mrs MM betsy ross it philadelphia flag maker muker and engaged her to make i a model flag from drawings lenoral washington made modifications in pen pea milt mrs rose rosa got the committee to chango from a six pointed to a flye pointed star juno june 14 1777 congress I 1 passed this resolution resolved that the flag flaar of the thir i teen united be thirteen stripes tripe ternate alternate al red and white that th tho union be ba thirteen stars white in a blue held field representing a now new constellation joha joh a paul zones tones appointed that very day to command the it ranger anger iwlew the stars and stripes for or the ona naval vessel the first display of the stars stara and StrIP 04 was august 8 1777 overt over fort stanwix Stan a frontier post in the mo awk howk valley now rome home N T Y tra has haa it that this particular star land stripes well was made from tho the white of the soldiers the red petti oata R t a of f their wires vires and the blue drel drees a janif uniform of apt abraham swartout when the stars aud aad stripes was mown flown rort fort stanwix was the only american fortress lo rtresa south of the lobe lake ports and wax wa a forlorn hope for a 8 concerted and well planned campaign was vito under way to cut off new york and all territory south from new ung eng ladd and to destroy the mohawk val ayt the annerl american granary four brit ish armies were in the field bur boyno was invading from the north driving F at R clair and schuyler cr before him and following tho the hudson to albany alv ban v clinton was marching arching in north from new york to jola Burgo burgoyne at albany prom from oswego st leger with tory militia and tho the iroquois Iro Quola was waa marching on stanwix or on hla his way to albany mcdonald Mc Donnld with irregulars and savages was to strike tady and go on to albany with st leger was that bloodthirsty madman walter buter choso whoso ambition was waa to edtl extinguish aviah all rebel ufa life within the mohawk valley valle r it wax waa to the relief of fort stanwix that a general herkimer was WAR marching when lie ho fell into that fateful iroquois Iro quola ambush A great battle in tho the west beat he said cald the dead lie everywhere mer to ia dying Co colonel loinal cox la Is dead aud and maor major Elsin lord nearly RU an our col onela and nd majors aro are sons froni they loaded the wagons wi with thour our dead N fam ily in tryon county but is in mourn mourning inu at this hour air said bald I 1 amid a terrible ulieno II enoe aro are you telling us ui that we hav have been beaten at that he pulled himself ere erect t and b began 4 kan to laugh in a ghastly aaion fashion a hion no sir air he sald bald we went 1 at t sir john Joh johnsonb greens green and toi tore the entrails out of them we ve turned on the iroquois Iro quota and on butlers It angera and beat their skulls to a pulp the woods are littered with dead green coats weve torn benecia to pieces pl tc the ran raa and our ralstine Kogl ment stood and blaugh fred them with their bullets bul lete we VB hold the field but oh 0 dodl a dt what woo woe is fallen alien upon wll will let cams came out cut of the fort and took sir johns camp and baggage and all me his standards that was the bat tie of 0 Oris oriskany kany and that is a realistic glimpse of the battle of Oris oriskany kany as told by a distraught and weary express in robert W chambers america following aru lour four fir first sill flag dates september it 1777 the american flag fart carried in battle at the urn aran dykins this was wa th first great battle fought after its adoption by the continental tin congress Con greBB january 28 1778 first appear appearance anc a on a t stronghold at bahama Is island linds the americans americana cap aured port fort nassau from rora the british and promptly raised the stars stare and stripes stripe uray 14 1771 first foreign salute acute to the stare star and striped pea john paul jones jone entered Que baron bay near areat france and received maluta of nine kuna from the french fleet under admiral LAL la motto motte piquet jones jonee had previously saluted the french ns fleet with tl 21 guns gun april 2 24 1171 ohn paul jonos jone ach achieved loved the honor of being the first officer of the american navy kavy to compel a ref regular fular britnell BrIt lell man manof of war to strike hoc her colora to the new flag A most important hoisting of the red bed white and blue was that b at in 1778 by y george rogers clark over captured kaskaskia it was the kentucky consummation of the louisiana pur chase the ing flag of spain wn was s pul pui ed d down the flag fine of france w was as run pun up and pulled down the flag a of f the united states was run up to stay thor thereupon e n lewis aad dark clark waiting on the american side of the mississippi sippi set forth on their memorable expedition to see what we had bou bought glit their report two years yeara later started the american people on their march to io the pacific january 28 26 1813 V U 8 frigate iga Es mex first w airship to ny fly the american in tho after rounding round lne cape cap horn the tha essex destroyed british commerce tn in the to the th amount of built at salem blass and launched september 80 1799 april 4 1818 congress Cons reBa by act de creed breed a return to the original 11 13 stripes tripe and a star for every state in the union to be added to the nag flag on the july 4 following 0 06 states adais glon blon to the union this la Is the present presen law in relation to the flag the star spangled banner which has come coma to be regarded as our national nai hymn was written on a september I 1 algat in 1814 by francis scott K key during the bombardment of fort M mckenry by the british in n their unsuccessful attempt to take baltimore after they had burned tile the capitol at washington augait 14 24 1824 the stars and stripes were raised for or the first time over tile the cupola of 0 the massachusetts statehouse on beacon on the oo 00 casion ot of the visit of lafayette to boston august 10 1881 1831 the name old a lory glory g given iv en to our flag by capt capil wll liam driver of the brig C harles charles dog doc gert the flag was waa presented preen ted to the ca captain maln and contained yards yard of bunting it la Is now said to be in the essex bios institute at salem I 1 october is 18 1867 1861 first dis play of the american flat flak in alaska on this day at sitka the capital the n aarian flag was waa down and the american flag run up before the barracks and in the presence of both russian arid and american troops the four real daughters of 1812 are left to right mrs mr C L dowling Dowl tag mrs J parker gaillard Gall lard mrs H u IV beaudy and align J E richardson there are still alive in eleven states rent real daughters of the revolution ol 01 mrs louisa ahlers the oldest living D A it II is 1 one hundred and nine und and lives la milwaukee mrs blanche bellak state war mother to Is shown placing a i flag on a memorial to betsy alosa at her grave in mt ML ajor moriah ah Cenie enie tery |