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  • Albany, reached by the Dutch, 2.
  • "Albany Plan," 18-19.
  • Alexandria, 61.
  • Alfred, the, the first American man-of-war, 35-38.
  • Algiers, the Dey of, yields to America, 58.
  • America, 3, 18, 25, 34, 46, 52;
    • overpowers the Dey of Algiers, 58.
  • "Ancient flag," the, 3.
  • Anderson, General, carries the flag from Fort Sumter, raises it again in 1865, 72-73;
    • burial of, 74.
  • Andrea, Dona, saluted at one of the West Indian Islands, 45.
  • Arch Street, home of Betsy Ross, 40, 42.
  • Arizona, admitted to the Union, 66;
    • men from, at Santiago, 75.
  • Asia, sought by Henry Hudson, 1-2.
  • Atlantic Ocean, crossed by Henry Hudson, 1.
  • Bainbridge, Captain, carries Algerian ambassador to Constantinople, 57-58.
  • Baltimore, 50, 61.
  • Bedford, the flag of, 20-21.
  • Beecher, Henry Ward, speech of, at Fort Sumter, 73.
  • Bethlehem, 50.
  • Bon Homme Richard, sinking of the, 45-47.
  • Boston, arrival of stamps at, 15-16;
    • flag seen in, 34; 35.
  • Boston Harbor, 5;
    • tea dropped into, 30.
  • Brest Roads, 44.
  • Britain, 34.
  • British, besiege Fort Stanwix, 48.
  • Broadway, 53.
  • Brooklyn Navy Yard, flags for the navy made in the, 67.
  • Bunker Hill, flags at battle of, 21; 28, 29, 30, 32.
  • Bunting, not made in America until 1866, 66-67.
  • Cambridge, Indian volunteers come to, 29; 34, 39.
  • Carleton, Sir Guy, delayed in New York, 53.
  • Castle Island, ship made to strike her colors at, 5-6.
  • Chapultepec, taken by Americans, 70-71.
  • Charles II, and the New England coinage, 11.
  • Charleston, the flag of, 11-80.
  • James I, changes the flag of England, 3.
  • James II, sends a flag to New England, leaves England, 10.
  • Jamestown, founded, 2.
  • Japan, opened by Perry, 77-79;
    • embassy from visits the United States, 78;
    • the friend of the United States, 79.
  • Jasper, William, rescues the flag at Fort Moultrie, 23-24.
  • Jersey City, 65.
  • Jones, John Paul, hoists a flag on the Alfred, 35-37;
    • forbidden to burn defenseless towns, 37;
    • put in command of the Ranger, 43;
    • receives a flag in Portsmouth and a salute in France, 43-45;
    • in command of the Bon Homme Richard, 45-47.
  • Journal, of Congress, 32.
  • Kansas, first raising of the United States flag in, 59.
  • Kentucky, admitted as a State, 56.
  • Kettle Hill, battle of, 76.
  • Key, Francis Scott, writes the "Star-Spangled Banner," 60-61.
  • King Philip's War, flag used in, 9.
  • "King's Flag," 3;
    • displayed at Castle Island, 6-7.
  • Lafayette visited by Pulaski, welcomed to Baltimore, 49, 50.
  • Las Guasimas, 75.
  • "Last battle of the Revolution," 53.
  • Lexington, 31;
    • battle of, 35; 39.
  • Liberty, the demand for, 14.
  • "Liberty Elm," Massachusetts history associated with the, 30.
  • "Liberty Hall," 16.
  • Liberty Pole, cut down in New York, 31.
  • "Liberty Tree," in Boston, 16, 17;
    • of South Carolina, 30;
    • Paine's poem on the, 31.
  • Lincoln, President, 72.
  • "Lion of the North," 2.
  • London, 52;
    • honors the Stars and Stripes, 84.
  • Longfellow, poem of, "Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem," 50.
  • Louisburg, the New Englanders at, 12-13.
  • Louisiana, admitted to the Union, 63.
  • Louisiana Territory, purchased by the United States, 58.
  • Lowell, quotation from, 63.
  • Lowell (city), bunting made in, 66.
  • Lynch, Thomas, sent to Cambridge by Congress, 32.
  • Maryland, 61.
  • Massachusetts, troubles concerning the cross in the flag, 4-7; 47.
  • Six Nations, 18.
  • Somerville, flag raised in, 34.
  • Sons of Liberty, 15;
    • put up a liberty pole, 17-18;
    • meetings of the, 30.
  • South Carolina, 11;
    • treatment of stamped paper in, 14; 30; 32.
  • Spain, owner of the Louisiana Territory, 59;
  • Spaniards, repulsed at Las Guasimas, 75.
  • Spanish-American War, 81, 87.
  • Stamp Act, 14;
    • repeal of the, 17; 30.
  • Stars and Stripes, first salute to, 45;
    • replace the English flag in New York, 54;
    • at Fort McHenry, 60;
    • at Chapultepec, 71;
    • fired upon at Fort Sumter, 71-72;
    • raised again at Fort Sumter, 72-73;
    • in Japan, 78;
    • in China, 79;
    • in Sweden, 81;
    • honored in England, 84;
    • behavior towards the, 85-87.
  • "Star-Spangled Banner, The," written by Francis Scott Key, 60-61;
    • played at Fort Sumter, 73;
    • sung in St. Paul's Cathedral, 84.
  • Stiles, President, describes the New Haven rejoicing for peace, 54.
  • Stockholm, 80.
  • Suffolk (county), 9.
  • Swartwout, Captain Abram, cloak of, used for flag at Fort Stanwix, 48-49.
  • Sweden, American flag raised in, 79-81.
  • Swedes, settle on the Delaware River, are overpowered by the Dutch, 2;
    • opposed by the New Englanders, 9-10.
  • Tennessee, admitted to the Union, 63; 68.
  • Thames, the royal seal tossed into the, 10.
  • "Thirteen," 51, 63.
  • Thirteen stripes, first used, 28.
  • Thomas, William W., raises American flag in Sweden, 79-81.
  • Trenton, 51.
  • Tripoli, war with, 57.
  • Trumbull, battle of Bunker Hill painted by, 21.
  • "Union Flag," 18, 22;
    • made at Cambridge, 33;
    • worn by the Alfred, 37.
  • Union Jack,

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