Story of the American flag with patriotic selections and incidents (1903)
Fallows, Samuel, Bp., 1835-1922, ed · Boston [etc.] Educational publishing co · leaf 52
r of a mob which interfered with the workmen ofLemuel Cox, a distinguished ^Ajmerican engineer, who hadbuilt a bridge of American oak over the river Foyle, atLondonderry. To keep out the crowd of visitors, he hadthe gates at either end closed. Over this bridge floated theStars and Stripes. The… … 41 42 STORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG. vessel at Boston, May 2, 1791. Captain Isaac Coffin, com-manding the British man-of-war AlHgator; honored theStars and Stripes with a salute of thirteen guns, which wasresponded to by the fortress at the castle. It first appeared on the great lakes in 1797, on a…
Flags -- United States · Patriotism
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