| Show FIRST FLAG OVER SCHOOL honor Is claimed for Col cobrain colrain rain mass where national bunner was raised in may 1812 dodty the united states fatig flici i over millions of schoolhouses in every city town and hant hamlet let throughout tho the united state porto rico and the philippines rhilIp pines on oil eveia every day of patriotic observance exercises are held nt at which the ling flag Is saluted and the pup pupils s standing give ghe it n military salute and 1 in chorus slowly and distinctly repent repeat 1 I pledge allegiance to my ting flog and to the republic for which it st stands ends ono nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all the dIstInct distinction on of antedating all other schoolhouses in raising tho rug fing belongs to a little log schoolhouse on hill hilll Col cobrain colrain rain mass in may the second war with great britain was ans threatening at that time and the people of the community raised the hag flag in an all outburst of patriotism and loyalty to tho the united states government the man who felled the lie tree to make the flagpole and three members of the committee in charge of tile the hoisting of the hag flag were a short time I 1 later marching arching in away to tile war after careful investigation of the claim of tills this school being tile the first to raise tile the stars and stripes there was wa set up in may billy 1003 on the place ahra the old log had stood u neat stone tablet on which was carved i the first drat united states hag flag raised over FL a public school was wa ricia ted in may alay 1812 from a log schoolhouse which oil this place less than a month after the hag flag on fort had been fired upon a lag flag was raised over the fifth street grammar school nt at new bedford mass bless slay blai 11 1801 this was eight months after the dedication of the school building one of tho earl earliest let instances known of a flag being raised over it school building or grounds was over washington school chicago three days after fort sumter had been llred fired upon the principal benjamini benjamin P cutter bought the bunting and four of ills his teachers made the ting flog one of these women was a native natho of ItI maine alne out one from massachusetts another was as born in ili new york state and tilt fourth mrs robinson jones jonea of vermont was afterward a past national president of tile comans womans relief corps flag has been ano nn inspiration to tile the pupils of that school for more than it 11 halt half century being unfurled every cery school iny |
