History of the Flag of the United States of America: And of the Naval and Yacht-club Signals, Seals, and Arms, and Principal National Songs of the United States, with a Chronicle of the Symbols, Standards, Banners, and Flags of Ancient and Modern Nations |
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... Thirteen Stars and Thirteen Stripes , 1783-1795 ; 4. The Flag of Fifteen Stars and Fifteen Stripes , 1795-1818 PART IV . The Stars and Stripes , 1818-1861 . 1. The Flag of Thirteen Stripes and a Star for each State of the Union , 1818 ...
... Thirteen Stars and Thirteen Stripes , 1783-1795 ; 4. The Flag of Fifteen Stars and Fifteen Stripes , 1795-1818 PART IV . The Stars and Stripes , 1818-1861 . 1. The Flag of Thirteen Stripes and a Star for each State of the Union , 1818 ...
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... thirteen , and of a rear - admiral eleven guns . Merchant vessels frequently carry small flags at their mastheads , bearing the arms , monograms , or devices of their owners or command- ers , or designating the province or port to which ...
... thirteen , and of a rear - admiral eleven guns . Merchant vessels frequently carry small flags at their mastheads , bearing the arms , monograms , or devices of their owners or command- ers , or designating the province or port to which ...
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... thirteen knights ' fees , so no one was admitted to be a banneret if he had less than ten . ( Some assert Bannerets ' were originally persons who had por- tions of a barony assigned them , and enjoyed it under the title baro proximus ...
... thirteen knights ' fees , so no one was admitted to be a banneret if he had less than ten . ( Some assert Bannerets ' were originally persons who had por- tions of a barony assigned them , and enjoyed it under the title baro proximus ...
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... thirteen other chimneys . " Within the limits of one , " said Mr. Fuller , " grew a tree three feet in diameter . We had the curiosity to count the rings of this tree , to ascertain its age , and found that they exceeded six hundred ...
... thirteen other chimneys . " Within the limits of one , " said Mr. Fuller , " grew a tree three feet in diameter . We had the curiosity to count the rings of this tree , to ascertain its age , and found that they exceeded six hundred ...
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... thirteen men , I entered the royal battery about nine o'clock , and am awaiting for a reinforcement and a flag . " Before either could arrive , one of the men climbed up the staff with a red coat in his teeth , which he fastened by a ...
... thirteen men , I entered the royal battery about nine o'clock , and am awaiting for a reinforcement and a flag . " Before either could arrive , one of the men climbed up the staff with a red coat in his teeth , which he fastened by a ...
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Page 484 - Over the mountains winding down, Horse and foot into Frederick town. Forty flags with their silver stars, Forty flags with their crimson bars, Flapped in the morning wind: the sun Of noon looked down, and saw not one. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten; Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down; In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson...
Page 398 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 726 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 483 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Page 410 - Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights would be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance.
Page 485 - Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on !" he said. All day long through Frederick Street Sounded the tread of marching feet : All day long that free flag tost Over the heads of the rebel host.
Page 251 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven.
Page 736 - Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Page 715 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 410 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.