The standards, flags and banners of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution (1913)
Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society · Philadelphia, The Society · leaf 77
by the poet Longfellow in hisstirring Hymn of the Moravian Nuns, at the consecration ofthe banner.* *The word nun as applied to the Moravian sect lias a different sig-nificance from tliat indicated in speaking of the female recluses of tlieRoman Catholic Church. In the former case it virtually… … STANDARD OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEFS GUARD 39 16. The Flag of the Commander in Chiefs Guard This flag, frequently designated as that of WashingtonsLife Guard (which term was resolved by Congress on April15, 1777, to be a misnomer), originally consisted of white silkon which the following device was…
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