The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-06-27
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in the RoXhury yoWnd:
The history OF our glorious old flag is Of !
exceeding interest, aud brings back to us u !
throng Of sacred and thrilling associations.
The banner Of 81. Andrew was blue. charged |
with u white altior on cross. in the form of
the letter y, and was used in Scotland as
early as the eleventh century. The banner
of 81. George was white, chorgcd with the
rcd cross, and was used in Eugland as carly
as the FIRST part of the fourteenth century.
By royal proclamation dated April l2th.
ltOO, these two crosses were iomCd turcth-
Cr upon the same banner. forming the ancient
national tug of EUylaNd. Il was not until
Ireland, in 1901, was made u part of Great
britain, that the present ma ioual ilaw of
England, $50 well known as Tie GHiOR jack
was completed. But jt was the ancient Ul-
OF England that constituted the basis of our
own American banner Various other flags
had indeed been raised atdiiiGrCut t;mcs hy
our colonial ancestors. But they were not
particularly associated with, ar at least. were
not Incorporated into, and made part of, the
destined stars and Stripes Il was after
Washington had taken command of the
fresh army of the Revolution, at Cambridge
that january >, l716) he mrurlcl before
them the new Tag of thirteen stripes of al
tcruatc red and white, having upon one of
H., ,,,,,,rs ~, ,.,l ,,l u.l,it, .,.,.,s ~ 81
q },n,,,r', anil ~ tn'jrc,,, ",,'o fnIl nr Iln,'
and thfs v.,s y,Li'l, 'o,.,. L,r,,,,
into the city Of Boston when ii was cvayu-
atcd 10y the British troops aud was entered
by the American army Uniting. as il did,
the llaEs of England and America. il showed
that the colonies were not vet prepared To-
sever the tic that bound them to the mother
country. BY that union of flags they claim
o,,,,irn 'nr C,,,,4 Il,;t,;, o,,I I,,n,nl,,l T,o
| ,;oht tonL ,,i,.iicrcs ,,L;,h s,'.h " ,nlatimn
! ;H,,I;nI VnI e wen. L,. rn,n r,;r,,n,
t,t,,, t,,,i tIn,.,, I,,,,,,.,, tI,, ,,,,i,, ,5
~ ihn tL;,.tnnn ,.,ln,;o, ,ho s,,;nos nr ,,.,,;,
! Lnrlarira tLr nur;t>. nnA in,nrrnrr nr tLrn.
r,u.n onl hr a,.inrs or r,l rivino, cnrth
GnG,n,o ~ cr,,ol,,, AMI n,,,rcssinn
On Tho r,urt,rnfh d,y ng .unr I-77 il
. w,s resolved Inv Conrrnts ,rh,'I r,r 1,~ Of
Nn th;rtccn I-ritol -,t,t,, l., p,;rtc,n strinos
,lfo,,'a,,, ,,1 AMI ,,.hit, .,l t,,, tl,,. .uri,,,
hn ,L,.t,a., ,,hito s,,rs IN ,,n Llnc Gall
T,bfs rnl.I1itnn y.as ,,,in ,,,lIi, e,,'t .
i1-y and ,,n G,m tl,t y.,s 'rr.t r,,.,a and
usai in uur..,,,n,.r rr il was tIot which Iaj
thc Americans f., ,icto,,,.,t + S,r,l,rr, Ito
tbn thirtccn stars ware orronmcJ in n cjrplr
os wa sometimes So, them now in or,Irr
L,ttnr to cxnrc.a tbr iIc, of the Union or
tho Sr,fos In 17Ql tbcre boyipo, becu two
mara NOW, St,tos o,lirJ IN tho l-nion il ,vos
votod tbat thc nItrrnot, sfr;ncs ns we'll as
t,n cir,';n,s sf,,,,, ,n Gr,ccn n nun,bcr and
tho n,r MS thns nltnrrd and enlarged was
thc one which was horne throurL aIl the
contests of thn woy of 1919 Eut il WAS
thonoht tbnt fine llar wouId ni LENGTH become
ton iorr, if - NOW 'gtrine sLould he added
v;th nverv fro shlv admitted state II WAS
therefore enacted in 1919 lh,t ncrmoncnt
rnt,,rn should bc modo to thc oriminaj nmm.
her Of thirteen strircs and tbot t5n nrn,brr
of etors shoul1 banccfnrth corrosnond tc
the pro,yinr run,bcr or States Vbuq fine
Hau WoulI svnholr2c the Union os il m~ht
lie at anv giyen pcrioI of IFS history and
also ~ i Vas ot tbr very Lour If H.; hirtl
II was al tLc same fine s1,,rcstrd tIot thnsr
stars. instead of bcin.e arranged IN \ circle
be formed into siugie star2a surgcetjoy
which we occagiouaIly see caloptod, In fine
no partigular order seems now to Lcobsery
cI wrth rcsoccr TO ino arraprcmcul OF IN,
constellation. Ifisrnourh If orly thp Who'll,
uun,ber h, thcro .unou tlIat a2urp loId-th,
blue to be cnblematical Of perseverance
yipilaac, and iuaiice. each star to uIoriN
tha ,,Iorv nr tlin Sf,t. r. may -nrrrscot AMI
th, Vbnl. to bn cIn,,,o,,t r,r,yor Of q, I'nin,
thot must bc ono and inscuaroblr'
Time would f,il me- fo cntcr moro Iorcol,
into fine details oC thjs history Enon~b Inn.
bnan soid tn sln,v in some satisfaction,
measure. thc sources whence thc material,
of orr IL ar were drawn. The old banner o.
En~],rd contrihutrd ;ts colnrs Crcot mo,
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