This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...and in speaking of it Jones remarked: "Never mind; if I meet him again I will make him a lord." This emblem has only twelve stars in its blue field, and was evidently made before Rhode Island ratified the Constitution. There are documents with the emblem which pr-ve beyond doubt all the claims which are made. It is now ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...and in speaking of it Jones remarked: "Never mind; if I meet him again I will make him a lord." This emblem has only twelve stars in its blue field, and was evidently made before Rhode Island ratified the Constitution. There are documents with the emblem which pr-ve beyond doubt all the claims which are made. It is now on exhibition in the museum, and it attracts much attention, as it is one of the most historic relics which has come into possession of the government for many years. FLAG OVER FORT SCHUYLER. It was probably at Fort Schuyler, then besieged by the British, that the Stars and Stripes received its baptism of fire. The beleaguered patriots had some d1fficulty in finding materials of the proper color. They had to cut up linen shirts for the white stripes, and to piece together pieces of scarlet cloth for the red, while a fine blue camlet cloak, captured from a British officer, served for the field. The flag's first important battle was that of Brandywine, where it suffered a defeat that was speedily and amply avenged when it flew in triumph at the capture of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga. FLAG OVER NEW YORK. New York wa- the last American city to greet the Stars and Stripes, more than six years after its adoption as our national banner. King George's colors dominated the metropolis from a few days after the disastrous battle of Long Island till the end of the war. On the day agreed upon for the evacuation of the city--November 25, 1783--when the American troops reached the 1 lattery at three o'clock in the afternoon they found a British flag hoisted there upon a tall pole, with the halyards cut away. The departing garrison, the last of whom had just embarked, evidently wished to see their colors flying as long as they were in sig...
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