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THE STORY OF
OLD GLORY
June 14th, 1917, is the 140th birthday
anniversary of the American Flag. June
14th is known and annually observed as
Flag Day all over the United States of
America.
Figure 1.-The coat of arms of
George Washington, with its stars and
stripes, probably influenced the design of
our Flag. Its Latin motto means The
event justifies the deed."
EXITUS
ACTA PROBAT
1 Washington's Coat of Arms
Figure 2.-The first officialNational
Flag raised by General Washington at
Cambridge, Mass., January 2nd, 1776.
The king's colors are in the canton and
13 stripes represent the 13 original states.
An ensign used in colonial trade as
early as 1704.
2. The Union or Cambridge Flag of 1776
Figure 3.-General Washington de-
signed and Mrs. Betsy Ross made the
first Stars and Stripes at Philadelphia,
in 1777. Congress adopted this as the
American Flag on June 14 h, 1777. It was
first raised over Fort Schuyler (present
Rome, N. Y.) August 2nd, 1777 during
unsuccessful siege by a British Army.
The Fort Schuyler flag was "home made
of "a petticoat red, a soldier's shirt and
a captain s cloak of blue.
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3 The First Stars and Stripes (Betsy Ross Flag 1777).
Figure 4.-The Flag of fifteen stars
and stripes adopted in 1794 after Vermont
and Kentucky were admitted. This is
the "Star Spangled Banner" which in-
spired Key's immortal lines, when he
sa w it "still there over Fort McHenry
which defended Baltimore from British
attack in 1814.
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4. The Star Spangled Banner of 1814
Figure 5.-Old Glory-our pre-
sent American Flag-the style adopted
by Congress in 1818-13 stripes for the
13 original states and one star for each
state-48 in 1917.
The American Flag is the oldest of
those of the great nations and only the
flags of Denmark and Holland are older.
5. The American Flag
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