The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 30
ecome un-wieldy. So in 1818, when there were twentyStates, Congress passed a law to the effect thatafter the following July 4 the number of stripesin the flag should be reduced to the original thir-teen, but that the union should have twenty stars;and that as each new State was admitted anotherstar… … TH E MACE BY THOMAS W LLOYD At the right of the Speakers desk in thehall of the House of Representatives in theCapitol at Washington stands a large cylin-drical pedestal, made of highly-polishedgreen marble. When the House is calledto order each day, the sergeant-at-arms, orone of his deputies,…
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