Story of the American flag with patriotic selections and incidents (1903)
Fallows, Samuel, Bp., 1835-1922, ed · Boston [etc.] Educational publishing co · leaf 39
by the people at large. Hence, a device moresimple, and at the same time tasteful, was desirable. In the flag adopted by Congress, the thirteen stars werearranged in a circle, designed, as is supposed, to signifyunion and eternal endurance, the circle being the symbol ofeternity. (See Fig. \II.)… … STORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG. 29 John Adams first proposed the Lyra as the symbol ofunion. His son, John Quincy Adams, while secretary ofstate in 1820, supervised the preparation of a new deviceto be used on the forms for United States passports whichhad. previous to that time, borne the arms of the…
Flags -- United States · Patriotism
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