Our flag. Origin and progress of the flag of the United States of America, with an introductory account of the symbols, standards, banners and flags of ancient and modern naitons (1872)
Preble, George Henry · Albany, J. Munsell · leaf 47
tion at sea is told in the picturesque lan-guage of the American officer who com-manded the ship which displayed the newensign—Captain Thomas Thompson. Licommand of the Raleigh and the Alfred,Captain Thompson sailed for Francefrom Portsmouth, and on September 2,1777, captured the slow Nancy of… … If]) Underwood & Underwood THE FRENCH armys FIRST SALUTE TO THE STARS AND STRIPES ON FRENCH SOIL, Section V-14 of the American Ambulance Corps, a team of Leland Stanford Jr. Uni-versity students, had the honor of bearing the hrst American flag officially sent from theUnited States to the French…
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