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W '/V •<v 4> v-v ir'cv-A/ '’’ tt/M&XJy&OSS ' J*Z/x&€o 6y faters7a.t/<2sT*/ 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 Combined in This Pretty Home F" if JS 4fk • ' : vi:Q j. bo? Rft Ityril * 0 lokfx \U' J-jptj g I* 5 M Ptfß li —cl£o. 5 n \z-6*zs'-o" \ ;! POKfi iff ,jv | i* _________ lj^, " CtfNCfcEITL I7K\VLW A'l ij "II c J ™--=n J \ b j; i Li 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.-’