The Stars and Stripes: A History of the United States FlagBoylston publising Company, 1915 - Всего страниц: 89 |
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AMERICAN FLAG approved arrangement Baltimore band Battle Battle of Saratoga beautiful flag Betsy Ross blue field boat flag brave British canton Colored plate Commodore Constitution Continental Congress cross of St dimensions display the flag February 22 feet fifteen stars fifteen stripes five-pointed star Flag Day flown fold Fort McHenry Francis Scott Key freedom George Washington glory Grand Union Flag half staff hoisted honor Human Star-Spangled Banner John Paul Jones Joint Resolution July June 14 Maryland McHenry Memorial Day mother Mother's Day national ensign national flag Navy Department O'er the land October 12 peace President red and white RED WHITE RED sailors salute second Sunday September ship soldier song stand Stars and Stripes sunset symbol thee thirteen stars thirteen stripes tion to-day twenty stars Union Jacks United States flag vessel victory wave WHITE RED WHITE white stripes
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Стр. 54 - BY the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die,...
Стр. 63 - That on the admission of every new State into the Union, one star be added to the union of the Flag; and that such addition shall take effect on the fourth of July next succeeding such admission.
Стр. 76 - The good forefathers' dream; Sky-blue and true blue, with stars to gleam aright — The gloried guidon of the day; a shelter through the night. Your Flag and my Flag ! And, oh, how much it holds — Your land and my land — Secure within its folds! Your heart and my heart Beat quicker at the sight; Sun-kissed and wind-tossed, Red and blue and white. The one Flag, — the great Flag — the Flag for me and you — Glorified all else beside — the red and white and blue ! Your Flag and my Flag!
Стр. 57 - That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the Government officials to display the United States flag on all Government buildings, and the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May, as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.
Стр. 73 - The stars upon it were to the pining nations like the bright morning stars of God, and the stripes upon it were beams of morning light. As at early dawn the • stars shine forth even while it grows light, and then as the sun advances that light breaks into banks and streaming lines of color, the glowing red and intense white striving together, and ribbing the horizon with bars effulgent, so, on the American flag, stars and beams of many-colored light shine out together.
Стр. 76 - Your flag and my flag! And how It flies to-day In your land and my land And half a world away! Rose-red and blood-red The stripes forever gleam; Snow-white and soul-white— The good forefathers...
Стр. 70 - May it ever wave in honor, in unsullied glory and patriotic hope on the dome of the capitol, on the country's stronghold, on the tented plain, on the waverocked topmast! Wherever, on the earth's surface, the eye of the 'American shall behold it, may he have reason to bless it! On whatsoever spot it is planted, there may freedom have a foothold, humanity a brave champion, and religion an altar...
Стр. 63 - An Act to Establish the Flag of the United States," approved on the 4th of April, 1818, reading as follows: "SECTION 1. Be It enacted, etc.. That from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of...