Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 57

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Page 418 - When used to cover a casket, the Flag should be placed so that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The Flag should not be lowered into the grave nor allowed to touch the ground. The casket should be carried foot first.
Page 696 - We employ no agents, nor do we sell through bookstores, so there is no agents' commission or book dealers' profits to pay. Our plan of sale enables us to ship direct from factory to customer and guarantee satisfaction. Six Thousand Years of History D IDPATH takes you back to the dawn of History, •*•*• long before the Pyramids of Egypt were built; down through the romantic troubled times of Chaldea's grandeur and Assyria's magnificence; of Babylonia's wealth and luxury; of Greek and Roman splendor;...
Page 712 - Such was he : his work is done, But while the races of mankind endure Let his great example stand Colossal, seen of every land, And keep the soldier firm, the statesman pure : Till in all lands and thro...
Page 546 - When used in unveiling a statue or monument, the flag should not be allowed to fall to the ground but should be carried aloft to wave out, forming a distinctive feature during the remainder of the ceremony.
Page 705 - While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and Soldiers we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
Page 546 - When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out, union first, from the building.
Page 484 - That we respectfully urge upon the Congress of the United States and the legislatures of the several states...
Page 546 - When the flag is in such a condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display it should not be cast aside or used in any way that might be viewed as disrespectful to the national colors but should be destroyed as a whole, privately, preferably by burning or by some other method in harmony with the reverence and respect we owe to the emblem representing our country.
Page 418 - Flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a staff, it should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the Flag's own right, ie, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed the same way, that is, with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street.
Page 442 - Continued as an appropriate celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence, May 3.

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