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Show . Cinl! k$ A fe oiftlNJaTK V .Unfurled tVr fatheraVfo Thy stars andNhysjripes 'Wiiiniig o'er "SVvSr ' w"V5. turbuit ocean V(xfi , ByVVashine'ton greatto .u3iven3s!i- ytY When mendeemedriorior to die, Yrrv gJhou 'st cornTTo hisphtldren unriven, I - SVThc FlarrpMfic Fourth of July. A--' A Born'efbnce byy;the2oId Xonnnentak POsNa y Thy stars o'er their torjn neunientaj st nonc lheirWlorios;;u--,. - (v AWrcntonand YorktoVnir O1 WA Where Victory rodeWth r They planted at Liberty'pbrtal .4i I Sj) V The Flag of the' Afily! ; The I fame of a Natioif und thecTKS? ' The lovePeoplcis thine; ff- Vc bless' thetruespirits that fomidjfhec ' ' ' - V NArdgave'4 standarddivine; vNNo more shlthe battIeswords sever ' Thc ctioithat see thee on high, (l Z( Love crowns thee forever and ever -C 2 "7 rl "Si The Flagjof-the Fourth of July. S S ji5 ) ' P emblem -nlaureled with splendor S 'in And bathed inGod' holiest lightJv 'Wl 7 Thou ncverWll JaU a dcfendej;? I I Whilstfrcesmencan riseTn their mihr; Y I Above thee tillTime is nolonger v. A- C I The eagles of Freedom-shallfly, And 'neath thee ill jSrxxovzx " O Flag ofjltlffourth of JulyMC- ' "T has been a matter of some I speculation, and frequently a subject of Inquiry, as to the origin of tha American sss flag whence earns the idea 6 f of tha stars and stripes. V By examining tba lllus-fV lllus-fV trlous pedigree of the Wah-tngton Wah-tngton family. It will be per T y eelved at onee that Oeorge Washington's cost -of arms furnishes the Idea and und work for tha present flag of r country, which his generalship an-ed an-ed her to wear, and rendered In-pendent In-pendent of the flag of St. George, rba padlgeea of General Washing i carries back descent to William rtbura, lord of tha manor of Wash-ton, Wash-ton, la the county pf Durham. Eng-4. Eng-4. torn him descended John Wash ton of Whitfield. In tha time of bard IH. and ninth In descent m said John was George, the first fldent of lit United Slates Tba mother of John Washington, who emigrated em-igrated to Virginia In 1657. and who was greet grandmother to the general, was Kleanor Hsstlngs. granddaughter to Francis, second earl of Huntington. Hunt-ington. She was the descendant, through Lady Huntington, of George, duke of Clarence, brother of King Kdward IV. and King Richard IIL by Isabel Neville, daughter and heiress of Richard, Rich-ard, earl of Warwick. Washington, therefore, aa well aa tha descendants of that marriage, are entitled to quarter tha arme of Hastings; Hast-ings; Tone, earl of Salisbury; plantag-enet; plantag-enet; Mortimer, earl of March; Neville, Montague. Deauchamp and Deverru. Tha pedigree, which la full and accurate ac-curate In regard to dates, gives aa It wera an epitome of the family. In tha old original It Is surrounded by a border, bor-der, ornamented by tha shield of arras Impaled and Implanted by the different differ-ent aneeston In right of their wivea, I aa welt as some of the quartering borne by their descendsnts. The coat-I coat-I of arms of the first John Wsshlngton was composed of three stars and stripes. As to colors, thry are the mien or Impaling of the Tlantagenets with the house o( Ijtncaster. George Washington was entitled, by vlrtne of traditionary custom not law In this country to use his eognUance upon a flag hi the army which ha commanded; and thus the first national na-tional flag ever made and used In America was composed of three stars and three stripes, which tboae who wera versed In heraldry would at onee recognise aa the proper colors, of tha general In-chief of tba revolutionary revolution-ary army the flag of Washington. Since then an Incressa of the orlg Inal number baa somewhat obscured Its parentage, and many are not aware that tbla originated, from the legitl- I mate armorial bearings of tha father of bis country, tba flag which baa coat so rosny lives to maintain. |