The Little Book of the Flag

CONTENTS

I.	The Flags that brought the Colonists		1
	Flags under which the early colonists sailed—TheEnglish "ancient flag"—The "meteor flag," "Union Jack," or "King's Flag"—Endicott cuts the cross from the English flag—The militia object to the cross on the flag—A flagless fort—Dr. Cotton's decision.
II.	The Pine-Tree Flag and Others		8
	Flags common among the colonists—The New England Alliance—The pine-tree flag and coins—Flags of the militia—The red coat flag.
III.	Liberty and Liberty Poles		14
	The demand for liberty—Opposition to the Stamp Act—Oliver hanged in effigy—The Liberty Tree in Boston—The liberty pole in New York—The Albany plan—The snake design.
IV.	The Land of Many Flags		20
	The Bedford flag—Flags at the beginning of the Revolution—Sergeant Jasper saves the flag—The rattlesnake on the flag.
V.	When Washington went to Cambridge		27
	The Philadelphia Light Horse Troop—The army at Cambridge—The backwoodsmen—Indians offer their services—General Putnam unfurls a scarlet flag—The Liberty Tree.
VI.	The "Grand Union Flag"		32
	The "Grand Union Flag"—Possible sources of the design—First raised in Somerville—Flags on sea and land—Flag hoisted over the Alfred by John Paul Jones—Franklin's letters of marque.
VII.	The First United States Flag		39
	The flag of the United States as decreed by Congress—The Betsy Ross flag—Significance of the Colors—Captain Jones put in command of the Ranger—The "quilting party"—The Drake strikes her colors to the Ranger—The United States flag is saluted by the French—The flag goes down with the Bon Homme Richard.
VIII.	Flags One would have liked to see		48
	The Fort Stanwix flag—Pulaski's banner—The first Fourth of July celebration—General use of "thirteen"—Copley's delay to paint in the flag—A Nantucket skipper carries the flag to London—The last battle of the Revolution—The New Haven peace rejoicing.
IX.	The Flag of Fifteen Stripes and Fifteen Stars		56
	The flag of fifteen stripes and fifteen stars decreed by Congress—Worn by "Old Ironsides"—Leads against Tripoli—Seen at Constantinople—Among the Indians of the Louisiana Territory—"The Star-Spangled Banner"—Marking the birthplace of Washington.
X.	The Star-Spangled Banner		63
	Congress decrees the present flag—No law for the arrangement of the stars—The manufacture of bunting—Flags for the navy—Flags for the War Department—"Old Glory."
XI.	The Flag in War		70
	The flag at Chapultepec—The surrender of Fort Sumter—The flag raised again at Fort Sumter—The Arizona flag of the Rough Riders.
XII.	The Flag in Peace		77
	Perry opens Japan to the world—Raising the flag over the legation in Sweden—Hauling down the flag in Cuba—The flag at the North Pole—The flag on Westminster Palace.
XIII.	How to behave toward the Flag		85
	Flag Anniversaries		90
	Selections
	The Star-Spangled Banner	Francis Scott Key	93
	The Flag in the Darkness	Benjamin Harrison	95
	A Song for Flag Day	Wilbur D. Nesbit	96
	The Flag goes by	Henry Holcomb Bennett	98
	What the Flag stands for	Henry Cabot Lodge	100
	Union and Liberty	Oliver Wendell Holmes	101
	Your Country and your Flag	Edward Everett Hale	103
	The Home Flag	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	10 [Pg vi] [Pg 1] THE LITTLE BOOK OF THE FLAG Famous American Flags Clyx.com

THE LITTLE BOOK OF THE FLAG

THE LITTLE BOOK OF
THE FLAG