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By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
f LD GLORY’S DAY—the'
, /f' Day of tin* Star-Spangled
L/ \ Runner, of (lie Red,
r V vtff nn( l Blue, of the
Stars and Stripes, of the
mi Hug that is oldest among
IvUWJ* the nations of earth, of
1 ] [ *^ e that Is hand
(, | I somest of all that wave,
sU* of the Flag that has
never known defeat, of the Flag of
the United States of America —the
most powerful, the richest and the
most blessed country under the sun.
Old Glory’s thirteen stripes stand
for the Original States. There is a
star for each State in the Union. Its
Red menus valor; its White, hope,
purity and truth; Its Blue, loyalty, sin
cerity and Justice; Its Stars, high
aspirations and Federal Union.
January 1, 1770, General George
Washington, commander-in-chief of the
Continental Armies, hoisted the Grand
Union Flag over his headquarters at
Cambridge, Mass. Tills was composed
of the British union and 13 stripes.
It was this Grand Union Flag that
was flown in Boston when the British
evacuated, February 8, 177(5, the
Colonial Congressional Committee ac
cepted a Naval Flag, consisting of the
thirteen stripes, with a rattlesnake
diagonally across them.
In June of 1770 a committee of the
Second Continental Congress, accom
panied by General Washington, called
on Mrs. Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia
flag-maker, and engaged her to make a
model flag from drawings. General
Washington made modifications In pen
cil. Mrs. Ross got the committee to
change from a six-pointed to a tive
polnted star. June 11, 1777. congress
passed this resolution:
Resolved, That the Flag of the thir
teen United States he thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white; that the unton
he thirteen stars, white in a blue fleld.
representing anew constellation.
John Paul Jones, appointed that,
very day to command the Ranger,
flew the Stars and Stripes for the
first time on a naval vessel.
The tirst display of the Stars and
Stripes was August 3, 1777, over Fort
Stanwix, a frontier post in the Mo
hawk Valley, now Rome, X, Y. Tra
dition has it that this particular Star
and SirijH's was made from the white
shirts of the soldiers, the rod petti
coats of their wives and the blue dress
uniform of (’apt. Abraham Swartout.
When the Stars and Stripes was
flown Fort Stnnwlx was the only
American fortress south of the Luke
Forts and mas a forlorn hope. For a
concerted and well-planned campaign
was under way to cut off New York
and all territory south from New Kng
land and to destroy the Mohawk Val
ley. the American granury. Four Brit
ish Armies were in the fleld. Bur
goyne was invading from the North,
driving St. Clair and Schuyler before
him, and following the Hudson to Al
bany. Clinton was marching North
from New York to join Burgoyne at
Albany. From Oswego St. Leger with
Tory militia and the Iroquois was
marching on Stanwix on his way to
Albany. McDonald, with irregulars
and savages, was to strike Schenec
tady and go on to Albany. With St.
Leger was that bloodthirsty madman,
Walter Butler, whose ambition was to
extinguish all rebel life within the
Mohawk Valley.
It was to the relief of Fort Stanwix
that General Herkimer was marching
when he fell into that fateful Iroquois
ambush.
"A great battle in the West.” lie
said. "The dead lie everywhere. Herki
mer la dying. Colonel Cox is dead. a;;d
Major Eisinlord —nearly all our col
onels and majors are gone. They load
ed the wagons with our dead. No fam
ily In Try-on county but is In mourning
at this hour.”
"Sir," said I amid ft terrible silence,
"are you telling us that we have been
beaten?”
At that ho pulled himself erect and
began to a ugh In a ghastly fashion.
'No, sir,” he said. "We wept at Sir
Jofl-n Johnson's Greens and tore the
ont-Vails out of them. Wo turned on
tho Iroiiuols and on Butler’s Rangers
and beat their skulls to a pulp. The
woods are littered with dead green
coats. We’ve torn Hikatoo's Senecas
to pieces. The Mohaws ran and our
Palatine Regiment stood and slaugh
tered them with their bullets. We
hold the fleld. . . . But. oh. God!
what woo <s fallen upon Tryon! Wll
let came out of the Fort and took Sir
John's camp and baggage and all his
standards. . . . That was the bat
tle of Oriskany.”
And that is u realistic glimpse of
the buttle of Oriskany, as told by a
distraught and weary express, in Rob
ert W. Chambers' “America.”
Following are four "first" Flag
dates:
September 11. 1777—The American
Flag first carried in battle at the Bran
dywine. This was the tirst great battle
fought after Its adoption by the Con
tinental Congress.
January 2S. 177 S—First appearance
on a foreign stronghold at Nassau,
Bahama Islands. The Americans cap
tured Fort Nassau from the British
and promptly raised the Stars and
Stripes.
Februray 14.. 177S —First foreign
salute to the Stars and Stripes. John
Paul Jones entered Queberon Bay. near
Brest. France, and received a salute of
nine guns from the French fleet, under
Admiral La Motte Piquet. Jones had
previously saluted the French fleet
with 21 guns.
April 24. 177 S—John Paul Jones
achieved the honor of being the flrst
officer of the American Navy to com
pel a regular Hrnish man-of-war to
strike her colors to the new Flag.
A most important hoisting of the
Red. White and Blue was that in 177 b
by George Regers Clark over
Ki.skaskla. It was the Kentucky
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
consummation of the Louisiana Pur
chase. The Hag of Spain was pulled
down. The Flag of France was r\,n
up and pulled down. The Flag of the
United States was run up to stay.
Thereupon Lewis and Clark, waiting
on the American side of the Missis
sippi, set forth on their memorable
expedition to see what we had bought.
Their report two years later started
the American people on their march
to the Pacific.
January 26, 18X3—U. S. fri&nte Es
sex, first warship to fly the American
flag In tho Pacific after rounding Cape
Horn. The Essex destroyed Brit
ish commerce in the Pacific to the
amount of $6,000,000. Built at Salem.
Mass., and launched September 30, 179D.
April 4, 1818 —Congress by act de
creed a return to the original 13
stripes and a star for every State In
the Union, to be added to the flag on
the July 4 following a State’s admis
sion to the Union. This Is the present
law in relation to the Flag.
“The Star-Spangled Banner,” which
lms come to be regarded as our Na
tional Hymn, was written on a Sep
tember night in 1814 by Francis Scott
Key during the bombardment of Fort
McHenry by the British in their un
successful attempt to take Baltimore,
after they had burned the capitol at
Washington.
August 24, 1824 —The Stars and
Stripes were raised for the first time
over the cupola of the Massachusetts
Statehouse, on Beacon Hill, on the oc
casion of the visit of Lafayette to
Boston.
August 10, 1831—The name "Old
Glory” given to our Flag by Capt. Wil
liam Driver, of the brig Charles Dog
gert. The Flag was presented to the
captain and contained 110 yards of
bunting. It is now said to be in the
Essex Institute at Salem.
October 18. 1867—First official dis
play of the American Flag in Alaska.
On this day. at Sitka, the capital, the
Russian Flag was hauled down and
the American Flag run up before the
' barracks and in the presence of both
f Russian and American troops.
The four ueal “Daughters of 1812“
are left to right, Mrs. C. L Dowling,
Mrs. J. Parker Gaillard, Mrs. H. W.
Blaudy, and Miss J. E. Richardson.
There are still alive in eleven states
ninteeen real "Daughters of the Rev
olution." Mrs. Louisa Kirwin Capron
Thiers, the oldest living D. A. R., is
one hundred and nine and lives in
Milwaukee.
Mrs. Blanche Beliak, Pennsylvania
State War Mother, is shown placing
a Flag on a memorial dedicated to
Betsy ltoss at her grave in Ml. Moriah
Cemetery, Philadelphia.
The Personal Touch
An interesting advertisement which
appeared in a college paper:
"If the gentleman who took my psy
clu)l< gy notes from the cloak rack will
return them before exams no questions
t v. ili go unanswered.” —C.dorado L>oJo.
backwoodsman’s fa
mous military exploit
that fixed the boun
dary of the United
States at the Missis
sippi in the treaty of
1783, the British in
sisting on the Al
leghanics. Tins in
turn led to the Louis
iana Purchase.
February 3. 1783 —
First appearance of
the American Flag
in a British port by
the ship Bedford, of
Massachusetts, which
arrived in the River
Thames on this date.
September 13, 1784
—First displayed in
China by Capt. John
Green, of the Em
press, in Canton
River. The natives
said It was as beau
tiful as a flower,
and the Chinese con
tinued to call It the
"Flower Flag” for
many years.
September 30, 1787
—August 10, 1790
The American Flag
completed its first
trip around tli e
world, borne by the
ship Columbia, sail
ing from Boston.
January 13, 1794
American Flag
changed by act of
Congress, owing to
two new States
(Kentucky and Ver
mont) being admit
ted to the Union. The
flag now had two
stars and two stripes
added to it, making
15 stripes and stars.
This was the Star-
Spangled Banner, and
under this Flag our
country fought and
won three wars to
maintain her exist
enc e—the so-called
naval wa r with
France in 1798; that
with the Barbary
States in 1801-1805;
and that with Eng
land in 1812-1815.
A raising of the
Star-Spangled Ban
ner of frems-ndous
Interest and impoiv
tance took place in
St. Louis in May of
1804, following thx
Colonial and Bungalow Styles
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By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of
this paper. On account of his wide
experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is. without doubt,
the highest authority on all these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue,
Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
Colonial architecture came to Amer
ica first on the shores of the Atlantic
with the Pilgrim Fathers of New Eng
land and the Cavaliers of Virginia.
The bungalow first was seen in this
country on the Pacific coast, where its
origin is ascribed to India. The for
tunate combination of these two types
Is shown in the home illustrated here.
This attractive and inviting five
room home looks especially inviting in
its immaculate white paint. The
curve of the roof over the entrance
forms an Interesting contrast with the
straight lines of the pergola-type
porch, and the roof lines are broken
to relieve the appearance of monotony.
The long living room, with its fire
place, is of such size and proportions
that it will naturally be a gathering
place for the family, and Just what
its name implies. The lighting Is ex
cellent and at the same time uninter
rupted wall space is provided which
will care for the grouping of furni
ture.
The dining room, entered from the
living room, Is of adequate size and
its efficiency is increased by a bay
which will, care for the buffet and
keep that bulky piece of furniture
from using any of the floor space. 3 be
breakfast nook is a feature which is
growing In popularity very rapidly.
Here it is well placed on a short hall
between the dining room nml the
kitchen. The latter room Is of a size
designed to serve best a borne of this
si.-e with economy of labor.
The bedroom group is reached
through the short hall. Both of these
t.>o:ns are provided with closets.
Floor Plan.
“Don’ts” Home Builder
Should Bear in Mina
Don’t kick about the cost of “extras”
if you order them.
Don’t assume that the lowest bidder
Is always the most satisfactory
Don’t take anyone’s word about
“lump-sum" prices—investigate be ° re
you build.
Don’t change your mind after ('
house is half built. Changes cos
money. , . _
Don’t expect solid gold door kno
when the allowance for all the hard
ware is only SSO.
Don’t think because your Height
built his house before the war a
cost of $5,000 that you can dupUcni
it today at that price. Labor and ma
terials have gone up since then.
Don’t expect your architect to
his work for nothing. He n )US
paid for the work he does. He P
ably knows more about building
houses than you do. Trust him
don’t deceive him as to "hat .
really can afford to spend.
Don’t expect that your hous
settle, the ceiling crack and th
sag. if your house is not properU
braced, framed and nailed.
Don’t forget that your local • ■
contractors and supply mi 11 ,
equipped to give you very gre.
and a lot of valuable info™
Their reputations are at stak • ■
of these men consider then
tions far more important th** l *
terials they save. ...nMing
Don’t make the mistake o
from sketchy plans, or no plans”'
Nothing is more expensi\e il “
of-thuinb planning, or h,t an ), ate
building. Railroads cannot F , 9
trains without time tables. D ■
no quicker way to wreck .'“fi ;e
than building without an-'
buying and building schedule.
i,.cans carefully prepared P' an*
are complete in every re.-’