Show LF DAY I 1 ll 11 fi s r oy ija oft ka x VIEW 5 earr ar nor of by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN SHERMA 1 14 1 Is flag idy day tl tin B day of the oldest flag tin the H flag that met has he never mel knew I 1 defeat the star spangled banner the in storm stara and stripes old glory glary I 1 yes ye the oldest flag so 90 old that 5 I 1 Is the sesquicentennial of paul revere a 8 ride and 0 of lux lex ington or and concord of the capture drum of ticonderoga by b Y allen alien suit and arnold of the second continental southall Cou congress C ot of the mecklenburg declaration ol of daniel boone a boonesborough Boones borough ot of bunker hill of the taking command by gen gel george washington ot of the e continental C 1 tl marain army of the ranking malting of esek e k hopkins commander mor mander in chief of the navy of the siege of boston no N 1925 1 if not at the I 1 ot of thi the flag that la in for 1927 1921 but what of that I 1 the flag 1 la what hat we hae made a de it and the ring flag stands ad tor for bunker hill lust joel as aa surely solely as it stands tor for yorktown and fort mchenry mcd and a d monterey and gettysburg old and san juan can wit hill and chateau thistly so there than will be many away flag daya in 1925 june 14 la 1 flag day because june 14 4 1777 the second continental lon wo resolved that the ring flag of the thirteen united states state be thirteen stripes alternate red so and d white that the union be thirteen thic a tan stars white la in a blue field representing lug the new D constellation that wag we the flag under order which I 1 tn dependence we waa won if there them were aumerl american flags flown at lexington gt and ad C concord tit I 1 they hg r Y w were e re t alie 1 is flags of 0 the local in little at book banket wit hill vaa se flown the new england flag a blue b au ground one corner comer quartered q watered wrt ered by the t b red cross of st george goo with ith a pine p ban tie rne tree in one section ec and a it various rest mental flags ithe union flag that gen gel george washington raised juno janu gry ary 3 2 1778 over him bla headquarters s to at cambridge Uri bridge we waa do up of thirteen men red rod and white stripes quartered with the ito abri british it ah union jack in 1 taken of at the he t feet fact the that the colonials calculate were wave 9 for their as aa englishmen whether ther the ring ilag of june 14 1777 wom was designed by betsy ROSS rosa wilar under A ash ington lugton a direction or by francis Fronc lii hopma delegate to congress green from fr new jersey je my a band of patriotic young you Us women so Z tor up I 1 drema dresses to t make the flag that we waa thrown throw to the wind wild jul in y 4 1777 over portsmouth harbor mirie auitine the ring hag received its ill baptism of bethe fire august aaugust 8 1777 when name st leger legal with british and indiana unsuccessfully marac cem laid aid siege Is 9 a to fort stanwix rome N T S september abe 1 4 k 27 1777 capt caa ina chrome th br operal ran a up the a flag on th the rate Ital elgh gh upon going into notion action on the th high ficai Cong reha in 1 1794 made do wonder it ordered dared the addition of two me tam stars and me stripes to the flag to mark the he acerb ad erb to the binlon but of vermont nd ad net kentucky I 1 troy in 1818 it eliminated the no two stripes and deemed decreed the solid lucip than of at star so afar for each curb new a state into now new the he new constellation con can isto albu of 48 alve 11 tainted stars stan in six elx horizontal both otal end and light eight vertical row each star with wilh one me point upward it ll 11 I 1 generally accepted that the white signifies purity partly and ad innocence the red strength and valor and the tha blue tig bance Us K a perseverance and just justice 1 em the Star Spangled banner was waa ant so called by francis scott key in the bagni bander which by 1 10 common o consent has came corn to be re carded by the american america people as the national air of the united states of america congress has haa never so designated licia ted it or may any other air it but army amy and navy regulations so BO recognize it it the air Is wo nn old one the poem palm we was wilt written till during the war of f 1812 in the he night hight hours of september 13 1814 while a key was watch watching g the hem bombard ard ment out by the british fleet of ct fort mchenry in maryland th the british campaign of 1814 consisted of expeditions from rom the north old and south sir george provost prevent corn core ing fr from could canada old and a combined combine d fleet and army coming calling from bermuda under admiral Col cochrane collorec lorem and me ual ger gen roblet robert rosa ron ross rosa captured washington old ano burned barred the capitol thereupon the british moved led upon baltimore so but t I 1 the he land force ot of men was beat on en oft off and general ROBS ran we waa killed the fleet bombarded fort mchenry unsuccessfully and departed the congre congress of 1914 made minim appropriation pit lor far a handsome monument to key and ad to the fi soldiers cAdi old and bailors who beat oft off the british army mad and fleet this monument was dedicated june 14 1922 president raiding made the be dedicatory dica tery address and said I 1 in part hero the patriotic loll 1011 of the me 1 early I r republic s crushed hed one as of th the on moat am ever imad lost or r oo 00 in 1 1 combat wf war born bc t the he wet it anthem of american kroull pro ull it is 1 w vainly holly lifting that file day should b bo co chosen tor abl in that nd d addi 11 n 1 because ehause our h hymn hu U of co is 0 in po strophe to too tha ma bag wo we to love y yea it is if a ahn and ad wv invocation t am well hot born of a ans patriotic tic band and ol 01 sell I 1 n the travail aill of sub meth heroic in As an c to of the tha won and ad ampa I 1 faith of franc sold scott kly key abam lor te lenet I 1 mod no 11 ill atsa a devoted in ir in the iema me of peace deec is will L a add ad to the lost luster of the bannar an h he lair proudly air acclaimed 1 every gUtter at w lne tar IB fixed ad every worth whal or ahas salon 1 is the moro mr for it iab bearmor or ev ery for far country wai is by lie unfolding outride 0 on hip hale of 1 mercy or 1 of 1 war la the lowd armed con camp or 1 at 1 2 alic a of place peace in 11 ml her tro ploce alon 1 or floor from the tha taft fr over or th the simple man te lanio of the youth an a of america ei cry bhora it 11 pl in the eye all and ad a 11 the heart brat and sure M the l until ti we ling me 1 in SH all confidence witti win 1 the S fi poet pat patriot tha star sparkled Span Kled banner 1 la triumph a hall oal nor 0 r ala the and annd of the me fr free aad nd th the lows bome or of the me brave v now the scene of thin stations glorious vic far tory and song long Is further to be hon him ored the sixty eighth congress I 1 in it iab closing do dais a passed an act providing tor for the ol of fort mchenry M and ita ill permanent preservation us aa a national park and perpetual US na wall mew memorial orlia shrine as the birthplace of the I 1 immortal artal star spangled Spang ltd banner aern and d made an of for it the purpose congress Con grees has recognized the one me hun buil w need and fiftieth anniversary of th the battle of bunker hill by providing sit bluff or for the tha united 8 telex B bunker hill bill faesi ill centennial commission corn mission of 11 members 8 appointed by the tb dent 4 by the president of the tha senate east and 4 by the speaker of the he house mid anil the appropriation a of f in con lection tion therm therewith alith and aid bunker hill la Is worth cele ce lebrat brab ing it was the tint first battle of the no rev alution the americans americana lost it but bat it if ever a defeat was a victory it was res B bunker er hill and what a fight tt vas 4 3 with on in all B boston 0 st on an the tha how housetops house a crops topa to watch it I 1 you ton remember a of fco course naris the BC queries quence of those them first fl 1 sensational cast a rad d day of actual hostilities 1 in 1778 1775 it wai the night of the tha him of april that paul revers revere and ad william dow dadea red roda train from boston to we warn via the win to men 1 in advance of th the E british r alah expedition tion the tha next day took place the lexington and concord aff alra and the tha militia chased the british back le into to 13 boston oston the morning of april 20 found boston frenetically in a state of laan P tam I 1 troops kept rating earning in and d fir bv june 18 16 there then were thousands md behind entrenchments all about bo boston 1 the be morning im of june 17 th the very ry r y do day that washington was waa appointed commander in chief by the second carries continental all I 1 congress agoes in P philadelphia hit ad ca p him the asta astounded boded british 1 in boston tit discovered about one me thousand americana amer cam digging th themselves live 1 in on breed a hill bill on the Charles charlestown town peninsula which overlooked the north part pan ol of the city british vessels immediately opened fire am and gage mustered troops roop for at tack at noon the british moved acom across to the peninsula in baggent under gen gel william sowe H at 8 p re under cover ot of a cannonade the british attacked in force expecting on an easy victory the Awer americans leans held their bre until the british were within a few fall roda rod their volleys were then so deadly that the british veterans veteran broke and ran reinforced by freab fluids troops the british attacked a second if time under cover color of the smoke rai fr from char charlestown Charles town set on an fire for far the pur pose again the deadly volleys again a disorderly retreat to ill the shore hem A third thild attack again a deadly volley or two but this time there was no ne B british retreat lor for the suar licau ban am was exhausted followed then than a close clean and fearful hand bohand light fight and in the end the americans americana treated retreated fron flow the field so the me british won at ft a cost of at al most a hundred brindled me and about 1400 1 WO men killed old and wounded the th american rain loss 1 in killed wounded old and captured we waa it we was met an ameri can victory in defeat bunker hill destroyed forber toi eer the bugbear of the invincibility of the british regulars 1 hence a our AMerI ameriks ws lying buying A bunk book er hill defeat |