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Show Glorious Stars and Stripes The flag hi tho emblem of our unity, our power, our purpose us u nation. It speaks to us of the past It has witnessed wit-nessed a great history. Since its olll-clal olll-clal adoption on June 14, 1777, It has been assocluted with whatever patriotic patri-otic Idea wo worship and Is thu symbol sym-bol of the great faith to which wo are born. "As long ns men aro men thnt flag chosen on June 14, 1777, is well chosen. It has a meaning, a message, a command," com-mand," soys ltev. William Norman Guthrie, who has written a book, "The Kcllglon of Old Glory," to explain tho meaning nnd messago of America's flag to the nutlons of the world. Tho flag of tho United States came Into being mora deliberately and consciously con-sciously than other flags, such as that of England, or France, or Spain. It wns chosen after many popular experiments ex-periments hnd been made, officially and unofllclally, on sea and land. Inception of the Flag. Tho story of tho actual making of tho first American flag as we knbw It is not touched on by Mr. Guthrie. Omitting all minor particulars, the main points are these: Washington, accompanied by two gentlemen, culled one day In 1770 at tho little upholstery shop in Arch street, Philadelphia, wliero Mrs. Hetsy ltoss was carrying on business, nnd asked her If sho could muke a flag. She said that she hud never made one, but thnt she could try. They thereupon there-upon produced a design rather roughly drawn. She examined the design and. noticing that the stars were six-pointed, suggested thnt they be made with five points, showing them how a five-pointed five-pointed star could be made with a single clip of tho scissors. Design Approved by Congress. General Washington then nnd thero changed the sketch, und soon after a colored design by n pointer numed William Wil-liam Uurrett wus sent to Mrs. ltoss as a sample, whereupon sho set to work and completed, a ling which was approved. ap-proved. This was tho Aug that was finally adopted by congress, and on Juno 11, 1777, congress, entered on Its Journnl an official indorsement of tha Stura and Stripes In n resolution worded word-ed as follows: "Ilesolvcd, That tho flag of tho United States be 13 stripes, ulternute red and white, and that the union bo 111 stars white In a blue Held, representing repre-senting a new constellation." The resolution says nothing about the lurrongement of the stars In tho Held. The ensign of tho United States remained re-mained tho same ns flxed by tho resolution reso-lution of Juno 14. 1777, until 170."), when Vermont nnd Kentucky had been admitted to the Union, nnd on January 13, 1704, congress passed the following net: "That from and after tho first day of May, 1705, the flag of the United States bo 15 stripes altomato red nnd white; that tho union bo 15 stars white In nblue Held." In 1818, at the suggestion of Samuel Sam-uel O. Held, the original 13 stripes were restored and congress voted to add a new star on the Fourth of July succeeding the admission of each new state. Significance of Symbols. "When a white flag stuff or pole is set up on a village green," says Mr. Guthrie, "It will doubtless show at tho top on a golden bull the American eagle, also golden, flapping his wide wings, as If Just alighting or nbout to exult In heavenward flight. This engla Ib tho very prime symbol of our defensive de-fensive and aspiring Union. It Is the bird or ungel of our peace, our winged Victory, our I'hocnlx, tho point of contact con-tact and tho vehicle of grace )n our Intercourse with heaven. Embroidered on a bluo field, star strewn, It is the emblem of the executive head of the nation." In ids right talon our eagle clutches tho ollvo branch, with 13 green leaves and 13 berries, the leuves that are tho show of llfo and tho berries thnt aro tho fruit that symbol itself carrying us buck to tho olive twig borne by tho dovo of Nonh. This olive branch proclaims pro-claims our constant purpose a positive posi-tive crcntlvo peace. Now, In tho left talon of our heraldic her-aldic eagle are clutched the 13 arrows which signify the threatening thunderbolts. thunder-bolts. As. Mr. Guthrie explains It, the 13 lightning bolts nre ready to be shot out of tho heuven and to establish estab-lish with whatever violence may be needed against the tiger and ape, stain-pedlng stain-pedlng herds or howling wolf packt tho peace of perfect atliletlc humanity "Flag nnd englo they are ours; they aro historically one," says Mr. Guthrie "Our flag flics to the winds, M we lift our eyes to It reverently we can nnd do swear fealty to It with what-ever what-ever abides vitally Innocent la us, white hot for tho strife unto a better |