Show pip 0 W k ja P AI t A q M 4 k ir I 1 k 4 at v nn 1 Z xa aw 1 fy f w A al ts at aa X K awk W 1 11 A j capr ciry 71 aly I 1 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON HE american flag whose birth day we celebrate on june jao 14 14 aday Is known by a number of figurative names it Is probable that it was called the red white and balune or the LS stars and stripes very soon 7 after the first flog flag was made accordance with the resolution ased by the continental congress on ne ine 14 1777 that the flag fing of the acted alted ted states be 13 stripes alternate d and white that the union be stars white in a blue field cepro alln a new constellation the name the star spangled ban r dates from 1814 when francis ott key watching the british bom adment of fort mchenry I 1 was infred to write the poem which was ler er set to music and became the ot of lal d national anthem them but the name id glory I 1 la san a more recent orne one it is 3 just jast a hundred years ago that a kee skipper had the inspiration ilch fell resulted in that affectionate me being bestowed upon our nation colors here la is the story of how ld id glory got that name from the beginning of new eng id I 1 maritime history the driver faro fam ot of salem mass had been leaders the shipping trade no not only tonly as ship alders aders but as owners captains and lors of their own vessels in tile the ar a 1831 CRIA capt william driver was ryang on tile the family tradition As boy boy of twelve he had shipped on a vessel for europe and before 8 was twenty he be was master of the 49 S charles baggett one of that in fleet which sailed the yell ren seas and carried the name of AM em to every corner of the earth in a september of that year captain river ver was preparing to sail for a ap 1 around tile the world just before ing a party of ills his friends gath ed 1 to present him with a farewell i an american flag because he Is 1 noted for his love for the na ital lal colors and what they betokened pailin driver was on deck to ree le there them and a sailor currying carrying the 9 folded in triangular yard lard and began a carefully zed speech in n ancient times when an ocean vage ige was looked upon with super ous dread he said it was the t 0 OM nl 01 on the eve of departure to I 1 the banner in the form of a trl tri le e when ready the arlest stepped ard and taking the banner in id 3 sprinkled it with consecrated ter ap and dedicated it to god the her ler god the son and god the holy V turning the point of the triangle vard ard nt at tile the name of each thus link g on that unity of if creator kener kemer ner and to bless the nail emblem and prosper the voys and their friends the 3 consecrated was then hoisted to masthead le a then adjusted the flag to the yards arda and hoisted it to its post 1 tit at the masthead captain delv daiv overcome iver come with emotion was silent a i InO moment ment then as he looked aloft saw law the flag which he loved so floating in the breeze lie be ex ined ed til ill call her old glory boys ys glory I 1 and thus wils was the aner amor lean fla flag t g christened with a new name for he was the first to use that name ind and by no other did he be ever refer to it the voyage which was thus so appropriately P inaugurated carried the alie orl original inal old glory into many harbors throughout the world and into even more during the next six years while captain driver sailed the seas during one of his voyages into the orient ile be had made a sea chest brassbound brass bound und decorated with railheads in which he placed the original old glory when it was not floating at the masthead of his ship and this flag had an even more thrilling later history than its early one in 1837 captain driver retired from the sea and went to nashville tenn to make hla his home but when he sold his ship he did not sell old glory safe in its campli orwood chest to tennessee with him on patriotic occasions and on his own birthday st patricks day for he be was born march 17 1803 it was taken from the chest and flung to the tha breeze for a all 11 to see and to reverence and captain driver invariably saluted it with these words my country my flag old glory I 1 ill As the dispute between the north and south became more intense and the civil war drew nearer and nearer captain driver became increasingly unpopular popular in with his neighbors in nashville because of his outspoken devotion to his country and his flag during the presidential campaign old glory was displayed on a rope stretched from ills his home to a tree across the street but the bitterness of that campaign brought to captain drivers ears unmistakable hints that hla his flag might be stolen or destroyed so he bought another flag tor for display and retired old glory once more to its chest after the secession peces slon of tennessee from the union the captain began to fear tor for safety of ills his flag at the hands bands of the confederates so he be took it by night to the house of a union sympathizer named bailey end and asked mrs bailey and her daughters mary and patience to hide it for him so that it could not be found and destroyed if the confederates searched hla his house at the time e mary and patience bailey were making a comfort padding it heavily with cotton an and thus suggested an ideal deal hiding place so captain driver folded old glory placed it between the layers of cotton in the comfort where the bailey girls tacked it in and sewed up the outside covering again at night captain driver took the comfort to tb his home and placed it in a large iron wash kettle in the attic of his home boine there old glory stayed until union troops occupied nashville in february 1862 immediately thereafter captain driver and a group croul of sold soldiers lers ripped open the comfort took out the flag and hoisted it over the state capitol to the strains of the star spangled banner played by a regimental band it remained there for hours but so fearful was waa captain driver that his flag might even wen tuen be injured by a x hostile hand that be stood guard over it day and night in th the in morning orning old glory was taken down and replaced with another amer lean ican flag by this time it was ver veri old much worn and the captain feared that a strong wind would whip it to pieces after this old glory was wag always kept in ili the captains house and lats late in his life he gave it to his daughter mrs al J roland of nevada where so far gs as Is known it still Is in 1007 the flag had become so worn that mrs airs roland placed it on oil a piece of sheeting and stitched it fast to the cloth to preserve it for future generations erat ions of the family captain deiv er died march 2 1880 1980 and was burled buried in old city cemetery in nashville just as aa it was a yankee sea captain which gave to our flag its name of old glory so it was that another yankee a soldier instead of a sailor however who took another old glory on one of tho the most romantic expeditions la in our history bates was his name and he be had bad served as color sergeant in the twenty fourth massachusetts chu regiment during the civil war in 1872 color sergeant bates had an idea which he proceeded to put into effect in a dramatic fashion at that time there was much talk in this country of the hostility of great britain toward the united states determined to find out for himself whether this talk was fostered by politicians tor for their own selfish ends or was a genuine antipathy bates resolved to cross the atlantic start from the northern border of england and march to london bearing aloft an unfurled american flag just as he be had done on the battlefields of 1801 ga 65 ills his reception by the people of england would show whether or not there was any foundation for this talk of john bulls hostility toward uncle sam clad in hi bis s uniform of blue sergeant bates on november 5 guy fawkes day and the anniversary of the battle of inkerman left edinburgh for gretna green at sark bridge on tb the e border line between scotland and engla england ad he unfurled old glory and stood beneath it with un covered head then ho he started on his march that evening he tramped into carlisle where a group of commercial travelers at tile the bath bash hotel botel gave him a hearty welcome more than that they sent word on ahead of his strange pilgrimage and when he came caine to the mining towns of pen rith alth and shap great crowds of miners were on hand to cheer him the warm welcome given bates there was repeated in every place through W which aich he traveled the london dally daily press gave much space to the american sold soldier lerion on december 2 A dense mass packed 4 the guildhall yard where a british verb sergeant was carr carrying ving the english standard bates was borne on an the shoulders of men into the crowded guildhall and then back to the carriage from which he made a speech before re furling his flag bates reception in loudon london crowning touch to his hl pilgrimage there was no ito longer any doubt of john bull bulls s friendliness toward uncle sam at ai least so far as the commod people of england were were concerned to by union |