Story of the American flag with patriotic selections and incidents (1903)
Fallows, Samuel, Bp., 1835-1922, ed · Boston [etc.] Educational publishing co · leaf 15
epresenting the English knights of the olden times. 4 STORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG. From this fact, this emblem of St. George, the patron saintof England, as he was called, became in time the nationalstandard of that coimtry, and continued to be so until 1606,al)ont three years after the crowns of… … 1. Flagr of Bunlier Hill. 2. Great T^^nion Flag Raised at Cambridge. FIG. II. We are told by the writers of that period, that the flagwhich combined the two crosses was called the KingsColors, because they signified that England and Scotlandwere united under the sovereignty of James I, while…
Flags -- United States · Patriotism
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