New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-22

H. down Is liable TO be shot on the spoO Without
benefit Of the Clergy, and that it is to wave until
the crack OF doom DER the land OF the Tree anu 'ne
home Of the brave. We are all aware DcS'ues VI
the romantic story Of it's creation. There probably
il not a schoolboy on the continent VINO canhot
repeat Brakes noble ode
When Freedom from her mountain hcsht
tnfllrlcd her standard 10 thp III,
She tore the azure robe oil hlEht
And scl her stars OF glory there
She mingled with It's Gorgeous ayes
The milky baldric Of the skies, 49,
And striped its pure, celestial wimW
with stroaklnys Of tho mnrnihT haht'
Nevertheless, in spite Of this general dl'tus'oh
of knowledge in regard to our flag, we thlhK IL
is doubtful if many of those who dotc upon IL
can tell what became OF the ono that was hrS1
flung to the breeze In defence OF our HoetueS
II the question, Where Is the original American
flag. were asked at Civil Service examination
the chances are TINT it would prove too much LOT
AT least nine out OF ten OF those TO Whom III "as
addressed The Rome sentinel meaning Rome
in-the-MohAwt Valley, and not Romc-on-the llDcr'
while In patriotic mood, the other uay oo-
served at may not be generally known Dut
u is n fnct that the American flag, the Stars and
Strpes, were first flung TO the breeze ana hrst
saw actual service ut Fort StanwiX, located IN
what is now the city of Rome, and Oh site
within a stones throw Of The Ben
,inor office Prompted by this Interesting
reminiscencc-whch proves that The sentinel
oIthough IA secular newspaper, Came near Dem.
publi>hrd on holy ground" The Albany Times
proceeds 10 state whnt has become OF the hfS1
Fort Stanwix Gag That treasure beyond price
Is NOW in possession Of an Albany lady, MIS-.
Abraham Iansin- 1t was brvucathcd 20 her d"
her grandfather, the gallant Colonel Peter G"hsc-
WORT. who commanded Fort StanwiA when the nag
WAS first hoistrd The Tines recalls the tact That
Iloratio Seymour at the centennial cIcora'oh Oh
Orslnny, In 1877, displayed the ua@ III III"
prcscncc OF the vast concourrc Of people nS>ruio'
nm that OCCASION; and that having doho so no
gave this account VI II:
II 4 the Tag II usIr state which w'S b"r'c ny mo
regiment COMMANDED by (O!ohcl Hal,'N"l'' mS 49,,
hero at tho beginning 81 ne rcNontnnsri ~ ihn
nlp WLeu II va, ended BY the burIrihfF r "a"
rrd :, Ibrr'. "a m.any contests valued 1t "'ynnd
all earthly po~-rs,lons II" left Il a. rrC wI
"urh faithful cam thsi again. after century hh .s
r'L., away, II, fohi. ran be dSpHy"I IN me \,
~ hr",t,mn ,,Iuol Ia that fpI' hy t!r>" who
followed It on the bAttb hrds ~ tho rrV"in''"h'
The Times" would seem To hay" forgotten that
n number II year, previous % 1877, II WAS early
IN ,h, wnr. Mr. Seymour made n still more elo-
nucut reference u the Fort StanwiN Ilng. Inc
ocrn,ion wis4 the opcun. Of thu Great sanitary lar
AZ Albany, and the speaker gave aS one c"@'h'
reason why the Capital t'J O"-h' 10 p' l"F'-
most in patriotic deeds TINT ID" American uh-
,os first waved when she herself w7,, placed IN
peril hy the enemy.
I, is 10 be assumed that thr Lansing family
will take good care Of thc Fort Stanw7N Ha-: and
while ono can well understand how loath lS
po,sr>sor would be 10 part with II. 1t will be
pretty generally conceded that the fitness OF things
would be- conserved hy its tnusirr to the state
II J., frequently said Of n famous man That ne Is
too .rcn, for any one place I" CHIN hun. Ger
,ainiy nm emblem Of 80 much public NGnih"anc" Is
foo great for the ownership Of any ono family
The Fort Sranwiv n,G ought TO belong u New
York.