The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

Old GLORY WAVES ALOFI
One Hundred Anniversary OF
Shellpot Public School.
PATRIOTISM AT FLAG RAlSlNGS
The National Emblem Flung to the
Breeze Amid Music and Patri-
otto Airs Sung by
Children.

mass OF req, Nliltt anu piuI, aiiu ''N
blackboards were full of patriotic draw
ings made by the children.
{. W. Weldin acted as chairman and
after the outside entertainment was
through Col. Il. G. Fraim was introduced
and made a speech on the flag and
Americas patriotism. :,
Col. Fraim was school teacher at Shell
pot school house in 1861, and from that
time the school has had il. its possession
diary OF his proceedings, and as he read
them he was surprised to see some OF ms
scholars, who are now grown up. Mr..
Eraim composed a piece OF poetry iorthc
occasion, and it read as follows:
Il love the land that gave me birth,
70 me the finest land on earth,
Land OF the brave and free
Her towering mountains, capped WIN SHOW
Along whose base broad rivers no"
Into the deep blue sea,
4 love the great ma estic trees
With foliage floating over the breeze
The handiwork of God:
Her valleys and her pastures green,
Her bubbing brooks that flow serene
Beside its bank I've stood.
Il love its huge ma jestic blocks
Of SeySantine and granite rocks,
In mighty grandeur piled.
der thaSms and her cavcrs deep,
With precpces dark and steep
Which look so weird and wild
81 love its ocean : sandy shore,
And old Niagara mighty roar,
And dashlng water spray.
love the uaciu, SilVcry lakCS
The outlet which Niagara makes
SPAWNED by its rainbow ray
'I love the little Diamond state,
Though small in size, in vaIOr great
ON sea and on the land.
Her soldiers and her statesmen ) fame
On hiStOry'S pages now remain,
And will forever stand.
.,Thc names OF Rodney and OF Reed
From me no culUgy doth need.
Those patriots hold and brave,
VINO to oar chartcrdtd atliX
Their names i'll l.16,
Our liberties to Save.
Paul Jones from little Delaware
Did do his equal part and share
T0makc this country free.
McUonOugh with his little fleet
out on Lake Michigan did defeat
fhp mistress OF the sea.
"Of heroes. last not least, I'll name
4 commodore OF modern fame,
DUPONT OF BranGywinc
lie was my friend, my ncighhor, too,
A soldier brave, II patriot true
gentleman refined
sOf statesmen Delaware had her share,
That viii with any state compare,
And has the same to-day.
Hl hTstOry's page there II ever be
From noW through vast eternity,
Clayton RayurH, GRAY
After this Henry {. Conrad made ;
address which consisted mainly OF ear
history of the luitcd States flag.
The first flag was raised by Geor
Washington in l77G, January ,,
Cambridge, Mass, which was one Of Il
greatest affairs related in Americas hi
tory today, with the crosses of st. icor,
and st. Andrew, with the thirteen stripe
The second flag was ON June II, III
adopted by Congress and had thirte,
stripes of alternate red and white Al
thirteen stars in field blue.
The first one to make it was Bets
Ross of Philadelphia. Pa.
This country has been victorious al
has stood for human freedom and JUST
to all, and not only scholars who 90
school want to learn patriotism, but al
the older people, and there is no bett
way to teach it than by the flag which
true and loyal to all.
Even bands in this vast country tod
At every performance play patriot
pieces and receive more applause fro
them than any other kind they play.
Several outburstS and words of 4
pause were made when he stated tn
the United States wa. independent Al
demanded their just rights and powe
from all nations.
Next came the speech Of Eben
Baldwin from Claymont, and us
The main lart Of his speech was up
public school matters People as "
rs small children have become
patriotic that in every State in t
union they are wearing buttons and fl
with the red, white and blue on them
He made the statement that il a
person attempts to insult the Americ
flag kill him or die. lie stated that G
fathers built this school house but tn
now sleep in earth peacefully, and not
ing now lives but character and truth a
we today thank them that everybo
has good opportunity to 60 to Amerc
PADl-N EAli'''7 "hh ~ u ,""l 'u'Nul u
In Spain 20 per cent. Of the peol
can Mt read or write and they are nll
surprised as to why they 60
war with a great nation like this.
they had good education they would /
dare to 60 to war with us.
Garfield aud Lincoln are tw" 60
specimens of the American citizens "a
will never BE- forgotten
The only thing that is the matter vi
the Boards of Education today is Il
they don't pay their teachers enous
The United States is the & ltcst count
that the sun shines upon and the m
wonderful and scientific. lie stated II
il President Mckinley would call
three times as many vo untecrs as
did they could have been gotten just
easiv.'
The band played America and t
meeting closed with salute to sc
Glory"
Henry Farmer who attended She'll
school 70 years ago was present, but c
ing to his feebleness could not max
speech.
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