Our flag and our songs; a brief story of the origin and life of the United States flag (1917)
Ogden, Henry Alexander, 1856-1936 · New York, E.J. Clode · leaf 25
iberty and union — now and forever, one andinseparable. Washington said of the flag: We take the star from Heaven, the red fromour mother country, separating it by white stripes,thus showing that we have separated from her,and the white stripes shall go down to posterityrepresenting liberty. Its… … THE U. S. Government, Army and Navy,always suspend flags from a pole — noother way. Garrisons or posts have three national standards,one measuring thirty-six feet fly and twentyfeet hoist and only hoisted on gala days and greatoccasions. The post flag is twenty by ten feet, being hoistedin pleasant…
Flags -- United States · National songs -- United States
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