| Show n Old oty 6 Son onY r A X m I Sto 6 61 n e duo duo- f 4 rr mL 1 f J 1111 1 c 4 J f IJ M iI UCA 11 uIA p fIu L I I j I t- t jI j a fw ii I i Y r t t l 4 a fr 4 v sc vU 3 t s. s rl k J eat o e k c 4 is m Ft e awLS l 1 R rA I IL By ELMO MO SCOTT WATSON HK In scene In is Independence nce hall In Philadelphia The date dote Is III June 14 1777 The Second Continental congress con con- grom gress Is III In session and at nt the command com com- mand of John Hancock Secretary Charles Charlos Thomson rends reads the following resolution Resolved ed That the lIng Hag of the lie United States Stain be tie thirteen stripes al alternate nl ternate red and white that the union be bl thirteen stars white In n a bluefield blue bluefield field representing a new constellation constella constella- tion The resolution Is unanimously adopted by the congress Thus the Stars and Stripes became national our nag lug Thus the lied White and Ulue became our national colors The scene Icene Is II Fort McHenry In ID Maryland M The time is during the third year of the War nr of 1812 between the United States and Great Orent and more particularly the date Is the night of September Septem Septem- her ber 12 1814 A British fleet Hest sailing galling up the Chesapeake Chesapeake r peake eake buy bay to capture as a n part of the plan lIon to 10 cut ut th the nation In two finds find Fort a n stubborn obstacle to that plan On one of ot the British ships a n young oung Maryland II lawyer who h has gone Ione on board seeking the release t of a friend who had hall been taken prisoner by th the Invaders Invaders In In- Is detained by them them- Francis Scott I Key Ivey ey I It i. his nam name All AU night long the guns gnus oT or the men men- war of-war roar and all nil night long the fort answers with Ith such luch artillery as can reach the enemy As AI the dawn of September 13 breaks Key KlY tiers peers anxiously through the mist and smoke sl to see nee If the fort tort Is II still holding out against th the bombardment A welcome sight Right meets his eyes fes High up on the flagpole of the fort tort the Stars Star and Stripes Mats Inthe In the morning air Keys Key's Joy can be expressed In only one way ay lie He sits liltS down and upon the back backof of a letter which he happens to have ha In his hili pocket he writes some notes for a n v poem em which flashes Into his hla mind In the ecstasy of that moment mo too- ment merit A little later he writes out the poem In fn full tull and this Is It t STAR SPANGLED BANNER O say laY can you ou see ue b by the dawns dawn's early What to so proudly we haild at the twilight last lut gleaming a Who broad broat stripes and bright ht tan stars through the perilous fight Oer O'er the rampart rampant we e were wre eo so gallantly at streaming reaming And the rocket red glare the bomb bursting In tn air Oa Gave proof through the night that our flag nail was waa still till there ther her O say ear does doe that star spangled banner ballner yet wave Oer O'er the land hand of or the free and the home of the bra brace bra braeTOn On the shore ahon dimly seen een through h the mists mUti of the deep Where I the he toes toe's haughty host hot In r dread silence reposes What hat Is ta that which the breese bren oer o'er the towering steep As A It fitfully blows blow half conceals half halt discloses Io Now It ratchet catches the gleam elum of the mornings morning's t beam bum In full fut glory reflected now shines shine In the stream treAm Tta fl the star spangled banner banner o O long may It wave Oer O'er the land of the free fre and the home of the brave brae O 0 thus thua be It ever eter when freemen fremen stud stand their lovd home horn and the Ih wars war desola Ion tion Blest with and peace peale may the tha havn res rea cued land lant Praise Pral the power that hath bath made mad and preserved us ua a II nation Then conquer we must when our cause It Is I. just Jut And this be our motto motto Jn In clod Is our trust rust And the star spangled banner in to triumph shall ahall wave Oar Oer the land of the free tree and the home of the bra bray brave On 00 September 21 n his poem Is published In the Baltimore American and a 8 few te tedas teda's days das later it Is I. eron 1 1 The house houte flag which la Is flown from the arm of the Statue of Liberty In New York harbor on Flag day each year yur On the balcony below stands Mrs Mra Laura B B. B Priska the tho Mother of Flag Flap Day 2 The original Resolution of June 14 14 1777 1717 In the handwriting of Charles Thomson secretary of the Second Continental congress congre 3 3 Capt William Driver the Salem Mass Man sea lea captain who gave the name of Old Glory to the American flag 4 relief Bas on the ba bate base of the Francis Scott Key Memorial monument at Fort McHenry Md which perpetuates the fame famo of the man who wrote The Th Star Spangled Banner the national anthem 5 The Stars and Stripes Forever A A thrilling thrilling thrill thrill- ing Incident of the Revolution The British evacuating evacuating evac evac- after the Yorktown surrender nailed the British flag to the flagstaff at the tho flattery Battery and then greased greated the pole A barefoot sailor boy volunteered to climb up take down the enemy flag hag and nail the American flag to the pole From the reproduction of the tho famous painting by Henry In The Winning of Freedom volume of Th The Pageant of America Yale University Pr Press dO struck off oft In handbill form and distributed on the streets of Baltimore where where there there Is great rejoicing ing at the deliverance from the threat of Invasion The poem Immediately catches the fancy of the public and Ferdinand Hurting Huron sets It to music rouble using an adaptation of an nn old tune Anacreon In Heaven en A popular actress sings It In 10 the Holliday Street theater and It Is 18 greeted with thunderous applause Thus our national flag lug became widely known knO as the Star Star Spangled Thus America a acquired ac at N a n national anthem by popular choice and aDd popular custom although no definite action toward official adoption of ot Ke Keys Key's a song as ns our national anthem was taken until this year The scene celie Is la Salem Mass The date Is August 10 1531 Down at the Salem wharves a crowd o of ot f citizens gathers to see Pe the salting sailing of the brig Charles Daggett which Is about to start tort on a world the voyage Capt Driver master of the Charles Daggett Is one of the best known knon n skippers who have e carried time tile name o of f Salem to every part of the globe He Ill Is noted fo for r his sturdy Americanism II and nil his deep dp love for r his countr country's s flag So his neighbors have brought t him a gift which they know will please him e as a nothing else ele can an It Is 18 H n tine fine American flag Captain I Driver river Is on deck when a sailor carryIng carry carry- lug Ing the red white and blue bundle folded In trl tri triangular angular form advances Oll and starts out upon ht his m carefully memorized l speech In ancient time times a when an ocean voyage was WI looked upon with m superstitious dread be lie says It was the custom custon m on the I eve of departure to null nil the banner hanner In the e form of or a triangle When ready the priest stepped p forward and taking the 1111 banner hauner In hand band sprin kled Lied It with consecrated water and dedicated 1 It t to 10 God Ih the Father I God the Son on and und God Hod th the e Holy Chest turning the print point of the triangle thi i e upward lN at the name of If each thus calling on on that thin unit unity of Creator and Sanctifier t to o i bless the national emblem and the prosper voy 0 voyagers agers and their friends Th Time The flag thus consecrated cons conse Ea crated was then hoisted to the 1 masthead ad As 8 he hI finishes he be hands his gift to n Irh rr who ho adjusts It to the halyards and hoists hoist a 1 it In to position at lit th the masthead l Quiet fulls upon n I the lr crowd craved Id I'd us as the new III flag In all nil It Its s beauty To Captain Driver lr who has Just heard heart d I the rite of the ancients conies comes the inspiration t to o perform a u rite of his own 01 looking aloft he cries s I out sut Ill IU call her Old Glory boys bos Old Glory I Thus was the name Old Gl Glory r first applied to our oui r national banner e e e e eIn In few fe other countries has the national ha flag F been such an Inspiration to writers as na has been bee n the Stars and Stripes in 10 the United States Fro From m the earliest days dars of ot the It has been a favorite theme of the poets One of the mos most t famous which It has hns Inspired Is that notional national l classic written by Joseph Hodman Drake Droke early t In n the Nineteenth century Nearly early every American America n schoolboy at nt some sOllie time or another has hns recited recite d these stirring lines THE AMERICAN FLAG When Freedom from tier her mountain height Unfurled her standard In the air She tore the azure robe of nl night ht And set of glory there Eh She Sh mingled with Its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies And striped Its Ita pure celestial white With streaking of the morning light Then from his hi mansion manlon In the sun un She called her eagle bearer down And gave gan Into his hi mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land Majestic monarch of the cloud Who Vho aloft thy regal form To hear the tempest trumping loud loue And see ue the lightning lances driven When strive the warriors of th the storm torm And rolls rolla the thunder drum of heaven Child of the sun to thee the tie ti given To guard the banner of th the free To hover In the sulphur smoke moke To ward away the battle stroke And bid ble Its it blending shine afar Like rainbows on the cloud of war Th The harbingers of victory I IOne One of the prose classics Inspired by the national na emblem Is 18 The Makers of the time Flag b by y Franklin 1 K Lane secretary of the Interior ii In 1 President Wilsons Wilson's cabinet Speaking before the th e employees of his bis department In Washington o on n Flag Flog day clay In 1014 1914 Mr Ir Lane Iane delivered ered this eulogy THE MAKERS OF THE FLAG This morning as I J passed Into the land office the flag lIag drooped me a most moat cordial salutation an and I from Its It rippling folds fold I J heard It say eay Good mornIng morn morn- Ing Mr Flag fla Maker I J beg your our pardon Old Glor Glory I J said arent aren t you mistaken I am not the President of th the S United States State nor a member of congress nor eve even n a general In th the army I am only a government t clerk derk I J greet grut you OU again Mr Flag Maker replied rephie d the gay ay voice I J know kno you well You are th the man who worked In th the swelter aelter of yesterday r straightening out the tangle of that farmers farmer's home stead tead In to Idaho or perhaps you found the mistake e In that Indian contract in to Oklahoma or helped home I t to o I clear th the patent for that hopeful Inventor In tn New Nei York or pushed the opening of that new nw ditch 1 In n I Colorado or made that mine In to Illinois more tiare I I or brought relief to the old soldier In W Wyoming g No matter whichever one of these theu beneficent In Individuals In- In you may happen to be I J give you greet gree t j lag ing Jr Mr Ir Fla Flag Maker I was u about to pass pan on when the flag nag stopped me I with these theu words worda words Yesterday the the the- President j spoke a word that th at t t I made mad happier the future of peons peon In Stem Mex- leo loo but that act looms loom no larger on the flag lIag than tha 7 n J the struggle which the boy bor In Georgia Is Ia making ng f g I 1 to win the Corn Club prize this summer I I Yesterday the congress spoke poke a word w which h will open the door of Alaska but a mother 1 In I Michigan worked from sunrise until far Into th tin the J I night to give her boy boyan an education She too Is making th the flag liar s la I Yesterday we made a new law to prevent prent finer etal panics and yesterday maybe a school teach teacher r I In tn Ohio taught his hla first letters to a boy who wl wilt will t some day write writ a that song will wilt give cheer rhen to mi mil mil- 1 lions lion of our We w. race are all making the flag nut I J said these the people were only working Then cam earn a great shout about from the flag na Th The work that we w. do Is la the making of the fla flag lIag g. g shadow I J am m not the flag nag not at III all alt I J am but ii Its It I am whatever you make me nothing mor more I J am your our belief In yourself your our dream of f what a people may become beom I J live a changing life a II lire life of moods mood a and pan pas pas- alone alon of heartbreaks heartbreak and tired muscles Sometimes I r am strong with do pride when me men n an honest work fitting the rails rail together trul truly r. r Sometimes I J droop for then from purpose has haa gone cone go ns 10 me and cynically I play the coward oward ego Sometimes that blasts blast I J Jud Judgment am loud ment garish and full of th that at I M Hut But ut always I J am all that you OU hope to be an and d I have th the courage to try forI for I I l 1 am song aone a fear struggle and ho hope panic and en en- en I J 1 am the day days work of the weakest the largest man an and d dream of the mot most daring I MJ am th the Constitution and th the courts court statutes and th the statute e makers soldier and t. t h drayman and sweep street cook rook hd clerk counselor am and and andI d I J am the battle batlle of yesterday and of tomorrow the mista ke I am the mystery of tho the m men mn who do know knol knowing Ine wh why without ut I J am the clutch of or an Idea and the reason reasoned ed purpose of resolution wn u I J am no more than what and I J am all al that you believe m me to be you ou believe I J can enn be be I 1 am what hat you OU make mf me me nothing more I MJ 7 awIng swing before your our eyes tu as a bright color cotor a symbol of yourself ourse the th pictured gleam of of that big bl suggestion on n thing thine which makes make stars atara and this Ihla nation 1 My lr I i my stripes are your dream labors tabor They and yo your I are bright with cheer I courage firm with faith brilliant WI with lh I because uee you ou have them so ao out of ma made le de your hearts of the For you ou ar are the ma mak era flag nar I and It u Ia I. w well that Jory L making you ou rhory lor In n t e |
