The Story of Our Flag

About this eBook

Author

Weaver, Addie Guthrie

Title

The Story of Our Flag, Colonial and National With Historical Sketch of the Quakeress Betsy Ross

Credits

E-text prepared by Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org); music transcribed by Linda Cantoni

Language

English

LoC Class

CR: History: Heraldry

Subject

Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52354

Release Date

June 16, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ); music transcribed by Linda Cantoni — The Story of Our Flag
2. 2.Preface.
3. 3.The Story of Our Flag. COLONIAL AND NATIONAL. — GROUP OF COLONIAL FLAGS, NO. 1. — THE PINE TREE FLAG. — THE RATTLESNAKE FLAG. — WASHINGTON LIFE GUARD FLAG. — THE GRAND UNION FLAG. — COUNT PULASKI’S FLAG. — THE “DON’T TREAD ON ME” FLAG. — ANOTHER “DON’T TREAD ON ME” FLAG. — THE PRESIDENT’S FLAG.
4. 4.COLONIAL AND PATRIOTIC MUSIC. — YANKEE DOODLE. — AMERICA. — AMERICA. — The Old Thirteen
5. 5.STARS ON THE FLAG. — THE LIBERTY CAP. — ORIGIN OF “OLD GLORY.” — JOHN JAY AT MOUNT KISCO, JULY 4, 1861. — UNCLE SAM. — BROTHER JONATHAN. — THE AMERICAN EAGLE.
6. 6.BANNERS AND STANDARDS. — THE LINCOLN FLAG. — STATE FLAGS. — ORIGIN OF THE FLAG OF TRUCE.
7. 7.SKETCH OF BETSY ROSS AND HER HUSBANDS. — CHILDREN OF JOHN AND BETSY ROSS CLAYPOOLE.
8. 8.THE OLD KEY MANSION. — THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
9. 9.INVOCATION TO THE FLAG. — UNFURL THE FLAG. — THE AMERICAN FLAG. — BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. — BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. — CHICKAMAUGA. — CHICKAMAUGA. — THE BON HOMME RICHARD FLAG. — “THE OLD THIRTEEN.” A Leaf from Illinois’ History. — COLUMBIA, THE GEM OF THE OCEAN. — HAIL COLUMBIA. — DIXIE.
10. 10.TERRITORIAL EXPANSION. — ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY. — LOUISIANA. — FLORIDA. — TEXAS. — NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA. — CALIFORNIA. — ALASKA. — GENERAL GRANT ON EXPANSION. — HAWAII, CUBA, PORTO RICO, AND THE PHILIPPINES. — THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. — DATES OF ADMISSION OF THE STATES. — DATES OF ORGANIZATION.
11. 11.SAVE THE OLD FLAG HOUSE. THE HOME OF BETSY ROSS.
12. 12.NOTICE.

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