Good stories for great birthdays : arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading (1922)
Olcott, Frances Jenkins · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 412
on Washingtons Birthday, 1778, thatPaul Jones wrote to our Government describingthis great event: — I am happy in having it in my power to con-gratulate you, he said, on my having seen theAmerican Flag, for the first time, recognized in thefullest and completest manner by the Flag of France. I was… … PAUL JONES HOISTING THE STARS AND STRIPES THE FIRST SALUTE 363 same salute which he was authorized by his Court toreturn- to an Admiral of Holland, or of any other Re-public; which was four guns less than the salute given. I hesitated at this; for I had demanded gun forgun. Therefore, I anchored in…
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