Story of the American Flag with Patriotic Selections and IncidentsSamuel Fallows |
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adopted American flag army BATTLE OF BENNINGTON beneath Betsy Ross bless blue field born brave breeze bright British Bunker Hill bunting Captain carried charm's cheer Colonel Colonies colors command Commodore Confederate Congress constellation Continental crimson cross of St eagle emblem England English Flag of America flag Of Washington float folds Fort McHenry Francis Scott Francis Scott Key freedom George guard hail hand heart heaven hoisted honor James Whitcomb Riley loyal motto name of Old national banner national flag navy night O'er the land old flag Old Glory patriotic Paul Jones peace Philadelphia rattlesnake red and white red cross regiment Revolutionary Richmond Rifles Rifles sailed salute shine silk song special flag Star-Spangled Banner Stars and Stripes stars forever story stripe and star symbol thee thirteen stars thirteen stripes triumph unfurled Union Flag United vessel victory Washington wave O'er White and Blue white stars width
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Page 61 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 65 - 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 26 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 61 - Oh! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Page 61 - Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust...
Page 64 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 102 - By the driven snow-white and the living blood-red Of my bars and their heaven of stars overhead — By the symbol conjoined of them all, skyward cast, As I float from the steeple or flap at the mast, Or droop o'er the sod where the long grasses nod,— My name is as old as the glory of God, ... So I came by the name of Old Glory.
Page 22 - And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low, in the dim, mysterious aisle. " Take thy banner ! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale, When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone hills, When the spear in conflict shakes, And the strong lance shivering breaks. " Take thy banner ! and, beneath The...
Page 55 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place...
Page 64 - Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there! She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land ! Majestic monarch of the cloud!