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id: 40113
type: LAW
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  Construction--Suggestions by Critics--Regulations as to Fortress Flags--the White Ensign of the Royal Navy--Saluting the Flag


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id: 27745
title: The True Story of the American Flag
author: Fow, John Henry
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  As a matter of fact, the idea of stripes in a flag to represent a thirteen white stars--a flag that did not come into existence until six that Mrs. Ross designed, originated and made the first American flag, to a history of the flag, but nowhere does he mention the Ross claim. the thirteen original colonies, and a blue union with a white star for flag of the United States be thirteen stripes alternate red and Union Flag, and that it should have thirteen red and white stripes history of the flag says, on page 225, as to the stripes being used at United States war vessel to hoist the Grand Union Flag; but there is no claim that "the flag of America" was displayed on a war vessel for the the time fixed as to the Ross claim, that a new design was adopted, and vessels flew the Grand Union Flag after it had been adopted.


id: 27853
title: How the Flag Became Old Glory
author: Scott, Emma Look, Mrs.
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  "Old Glory" as applied to the national flag, when and where and by whom thought he called the flag "Old Glory." At the masthead flew his Salem flag, Old Glory, to hills the old sea flag unfurled and floated above the topmost pinnacle ECHOED TO THE DISTANT HILLS THE OLD SEA FLAG UNFURLED AND FLOATED ship, his country, and his flag--Old Glory." About his body when placed A few years prior to his death Captain Driver placed his Old Glory flag been generally believed that the original Old Glory was the flag in the name Old Glory into general and popular use, FOR THE BLENDED RANKS OF the first American flag to fly over a man-of-war_. General Pakenham heroically waved his troops forward and fell, wounded General Jackson marched his victorious troops into New Orleans, where he Of the flag that fell not, and they call it Old Glory:


id: 22236
title: Flag of the Free
author: Jones, Edward Smyth
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  Last Lingering Star of Hope For His True Patriotism Ninth California Colored Volunteers His Colored Fellow Citizens. Flag of The Free Flag of The Free Flag of the free, our sable sires Brave Attucks fell upon the Plain, Thy stripes first crimsoning! Thy might and majesty we hurl, And from thy ample folds unfurl Thy field of flaming stars! Thy starry gleam shall give; Shall look to thee and live. What matter if where Boreas roars, What matter if where eagle soars, Thy flowing crimson stripes shall wave Emblazoned ensign of the brave, And Liberty enshrine! Flag of the free, still float on high True light of Freedom''s dome. ''Till nations all shall cease to grope In vain for liberty-O shine, last lingering star of hope | Transcriber''s note: The word ''mein'' in the fifth line of the | | poem may represent an archaic spelling of the word mien.


id: 39221
title: Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses
author: Macgeorge, Andrew
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  At what time the form of standard which we call a flag was first used is The Banner was the flag of a troop, and was borne by knights, called The Royal Standard is a flag personal to the sovereign. Some of the English kings bore personal standards besides the flag of distinguishing flag of England has been a red cross on a white field. The flag of Scotland is a white saltire (or St. Andrew''s cross) on a union flag was formed by the combination of St. George''s cross with the when the Queen is on board, the Royal Standard and the flag of the Lord British ship hoisted her motto flag with a profuse display of ensigns flag which became the standard of the kings of France was probably not [45] See French Imperial Standard, and National Flag, Plate IV. [Illustration: NATIONAL FLAGS AND STANDARDS. [Illustration: NATIONAL FLAGS AND STANDARDS. [Illustration: NATIONAL FLAGS AND STANDARDS.


id: 40113
title: The Flags of the World: Their History, Blazonry, and Associations
author: Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
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  see these again in Fig. 71, where the national flag of the Cross of St. George has its white field barred with the Tudor green. On one place in Africa we see that No. 54 is surmounted by a white flag bearing the Cross of St. George, so we may France--Quartering Hanover--the Union Flag--St. George for England--War France--Quartering Hanover--the Union Flag--St. George for England--War As we have at the present time the white ensign, Fig. 95, the special flag of the Royal Navy; the blue ensign, Fig. 96, the distinguishing flag of the Royal Naval Reserve; and the red ensign, Fig. 97, the flag of the Merchant State shall onely beare the red Crosse {49} in a white flag. The white ensign, Fig. 95, is the distinguishing flag of the Royal Navy. The blue ensign, Fig. 96, is the flag of the Royal Naval Reserve, and may


id: 39823
title: History of the National Flag of the United States of America
author: Hamilton, Schuyler
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  The National Flag of the United States of America, The present union of the crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick, in the British ensign, reverting to the devices embodied in the National Flag of the United States, obliged to 9. The National Flag of the United States, "The Stars and Stripes," "Union Jack: the national flag of Great Britain and Ireland. being also the day of forming the new army, The Great Union Flag flag, displayed by General Washington, was the union of the crosses of flags were adopted before the union of the _thirteen_ colonies was to the fact, that in the present Union, or national flag of the United The striped Union flag was the colonial colors, both at sea and land, of the Great Union Flag of the Colonies, that the stripes in the field existing Union, would be presented by the flag of the United States.


id: 45498
title: History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire
author: Cumberland, Barlow
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  single red cross flag the ships of England won the epochal naval single red cross flag, the English Jack, has worthily won the poet''s Two flags, the striped standard of the Dutch and the red cross Jack of margin of white, just sufficient to keep the red of the cross of St. George from touching the blue ground of St. Andrew''s flag upon which it 2), the paramount flag of the nation, the new "Union Jack" was Truly was this two-crossed Union Jack the flag of Canada and the British State papers office[90] shows it to have been a large St. George Jack, having on the centre of the red cross a royal crown, and The flag of England was at this same time the single St. George Jack; yet, although the crowns were thus formally united, the a St. George cross through the whole flag and the Union Jack in the


