Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-13
PREPARETOCELEBRATE
Arrangements Under Way
for Song and Praise.
FLAG TO BE HONORED
18TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
OCCURS TOMORROW.
Patriotic Exercises Arranged by Organ
izations Generally-Addresses in
Public Schools.

The stars and stripes will be 12S years old
tomorrow. and throughout 1.-The land of the
free and the home of the brave" the great
anniversary will be appropriately observed
AS the emblem of nation which is each
year adding sonnet thing important to its
record of greatness. and which has raised
its flag in a little over century from
position of insignifcance to the very front
rank. and made it respected. honored and
loved in every portion of the globe, ''Old
Glory" will be the center of all eyes and the
object of every true Americans devotion on
this new occasion for the celebration of it's
natal day. Its broad stripes and bright
stars which fittingly call to mind the
growth of the nation by the contrast in
their numbers, will be flung to the breeze
in greater profusion than on any other day
in the year except Independence day and
Memorial day, when, respectively, the birth
of the nation is celebrated and the memory
OF her heroes honored.
Not only will the beautiful banner float
from every flagstaff, but millions of Ameri-
cans will tomorrow have pinned upon their
breasts a tiny American flag, and from
thousands of windows in every city and
town the emblem will be displayed. All
will salute it, and in doing so will salute
the principles of liberty and law, for which
the United States stands and upon which
her greatness rests.
Celebration General
With notable appropriateness the cele-
brations tomorrow will be most general
and elaborate by the school children Of
the land. From the first: grade to the
highest those who attend the public
schools are taught to love and respect the
flag as standing for their country. They
are taught poems and songs about it and
are told stories about its brilliant history.
Many a school boys and girls heart has
been stirred by the reading in class of
that impressive story, "A Man Without a
Country" by that true patriot, Edward
Everett Hale. and he or she been led to
VOW voluntary allegiance to the flag as
long as life shall last
The Washington schools will not be be-
hind those in other parts of the country in
their observance. Indeed, no greater nor
more sincere celebration is likely to be
held than those in the local graded and
high schools.
Every public school building in the Dis
trict will have it's patriotic program.
There will be speakers representing the
Grand Army of the Republic and other or
CARNATIONS who will impress upon the
young minds the Importance of the day.
and songs and recitations appropriate to
the occasion win be sung and spoken.
Chief place will be given on every pro-
gram to the singing in chorus of Amer
leo" and The Star-Spangled Banner"
Also, with uplifted hand, each child will
VOW arrogance TO the nag.
The Woman's Relief Corps, Department
of Potomac, Mrs. Ida ]. Hart, president,
takes great pride in the observance of Flag
day, which that organization claims to
have established. Nearly all the corps in
the department will hold special exercises
in churches and halls throughout the city
tomorrow evening. George II. Thomas Corps
is making special preparations for a flag
night entertainment at Eastern Presbyte
rian Church. Lincoln Relief Corps held
special exercises at their hall in Pythian
Temple last evening
Farragut Corps will entertain the public
at its hall on Pennsylvania avenue south
east tomorrow evening. and Lafayette and
Burnside Corps will hold special exercises
in their own halls. Chas. Sumner Corps,
Mrs. Julia West Hamilton, president, will
have IAN evening with the flag at Asbury
NJ. f. Church, corner of 18th and streets,
tomorrow evening.
1T is exactly ten years since the Wom-
ans Relief Corps of the Department Of
Potomac inaugurated the observance of
Flag day. SO Miss Ida J. Hart stated at
Headquarters of the Department of Po-
tomac, 621 Maryland avenue I'VE are
proud of this historical fact, and gratifted
that the custom has become so universal
tEat the whole city fairly ripples with
flags on June IA. When we began the
work very few householders and not many
OF the business men had flags. Now 1t
seems to me as though all loyal people dis
play the flag
The Council of Jewish Women has COM
pleted arrangements for a lawn fete to-
morrow on the athletic grounds of the
Friends Select School, U street between
18th and 18th streets northwest. There will
be numbers appropriate to Flag day on the
program.
A celebration will be held by the en-
ployes of the government printing office
In honor Of Flag day. According to pres
ent arrangements the program will con-
sist of a number of patriotic songs by the
musical talent among the employees. all CT
whom are expected to gather in front o.
the building at noon
Other organizations will hold celebrations
during the day and evening.
Birth Of the Flag.
Saturday, the 14th of June, 1777. the
American Congress passed a resolution ie-
claring that the flag Of the thirteen
United States be thirteen stripes, alternate
red and white: that the Union be thirteen
stars. white in a blue field, representing a
new constellation" Thus the flag was
bern. This was the first and the only leg
lsiat1on, so far as records show, on the SUBJ
1ect of national standard for the United
States of America at that time
me nrst flag TO represent the United
states upon the high seas was a field
striped red and blue with a rattiesnake
crawling across it. 1t was this flag which
Paul Jones flung to the breeze upon the AL
fred about 1775. The Alfred was the nag
snip or the newborn navy. which consisted