The National tribune., 1907-06-27
FLAG DAY
OBSERVANCE.
;.
Increased Interest Shown in the
Birthday Anniversary OF the
-. Star SpangIed Banner Every
where Except in the South.
Southern C0lOrs Exalted that
Day at jamestown.

.Woman'S Relief Corps. For matte
of IA years we have been laboring will
the people TO pay some attention t.
the birthday of the Flag and for abou
10 of those years it was uphill busines
to get other patriotic societies interested
in the matter at all. Now every othel
patriotic society in the country is tum
bling over itself to produce evidence
that it first projected the plan for OBJ
serving June IA. The Woman's Relie
Corps has the documentary evidence
and the others have not, and so there
you are.
A few weeks ago The National
Tribune had a story about Capt. Wal
lace Foster and how he raised : Flag
over school house 80, in Indianapolis, in
1890, the first school, SO he declared. &c
raise Old Glory in the interest of pa
triotic education. On Flag Day, 80,
in honor of Capt. Fosters splendid work
for patriotic education, presented to
him solid silver loving cup handsomely
engraved. Also the Central Avenue
Methodist Sunday School, of 1ndianapo-
lis, the largest of that denomination in
the city, with 500 pupils, on the sun
day following Flag Day, placed two ire
mendous great big bunting Flags in
their Sabbath School room, and Will
keep them unfurled from now on. The
public schools of that city had Flas
Day exercises, and the day was gener-
ally OD5CENtu tIit toiolS-
This is probably due to a large ex-
tent to Capt Fosters indefatigable en-
deavors. Last March Capt. Foster got
his Flag bill thru both houses of the
Indiana Legislature. and was most hap
py in this result of his long. hard work.
When Capt. Wallace Fosters Flag
BILL introduced in the House by Mr..
Caylor. was passed in the Indiana Sen
ate a little scene was enacted.
capt. Foster, who is known as the
Original flag man." produced Il large
silk flag and gave it to Ulysses Barr, a
diminutive page, who mounted high
stool and waved the flag vigorously. The
Senate applauded.
Capt. Foster then thanked the Senate
for its action. He said: You have
honored yourself and the great State Of
Indiana
Capt. Foster then mounted the prcsi-
dents stand and presented the flag
which had been waved by young Barr
to Lieutenant-Governcr Miller.
The bill provides that every school
house in the State be furnished with Il
United States Flag. not less than six feet
long, and that these flags wave on
every State and National holiday. II
requires every board of school trustees
to buy flag for its schools. When not
foated from the school building, the
flag shall be displayed in the principal
The bill provides heavy fines for nlu-
tilating or destroying flags owned by
school corporations.
In the District of Columbia Old Glory
took a new birth of Freedom. The
President was not at home, so there
was no Flag over the White House, Of
course. Congress was not in session, SO
there We're no Flags flying over the two
ends CT the Capitol, but up where Miss
Liberty stands great Garrison Flags
pointed to the four points of the COM
pass and fioated and billowed on the
soft June wind all day. The Patriotic
Instructor of the Department of the Po-
tomac c. A r., Rev. ]. H, Bradford
had provided veteran speakers for all
the school houses in the District, some
2G0 in all, and over these school houses
bright new flags were floating, the di-
rect outcome of the hard work of the
Woman's Relief Corps OF this Depart
ment in 1895, who got the first appro-
priation now annually made for tlis
purpose. Most of the business build
ings had one flag, many of them a doZ-
En-, and the Evening Star buildings
looked like picture, the white marble
z walls being almost hidden under billow-
ing flags hung from every window.
Many members of the Woman's Re
lief Corps spoke in the public schools
also. At night there We're so many
Flag entertainments going on that il
was hard matter to get speakers, but
not to get audiences. Several Of the
Corps of the Department of the Potomac
held exercises in various sections of the
city. The Department exercises, under
the direction of Mrs. Ida j. Hart, De-
pa.tment Patriotic Instructor, and Mrs.
Lucy s. Weaver, Patriotic Instructor of
Pnil. Sheridan Corps, which united
With the Department in the program,
were held in one of the largest churches
4. F,.l
interested large audience to the very
end. The church was handsomely dec
GRATED with Flags and flowers, and
about a dozen little children took part,
singing and speaking. Every number
on the program was tribute TO the
Flag. The Department Patriotic In
structor. Mrs. Hart, a woman of fine
presence. made few brief remarks,
and then introduced Capt Arthur Hen
bricks, Past Department Commander,
to preside. Mrs. Hart, who had spoken
al two meetings IN the afternoon, was
10 speak at a third tnat evening. Fine
patriotic addresses were made by Judge
and Comrade W. w. Brown, of the De
partment Of Justice, and BY Past niOr
Vice Commander-ir-Chie John McEl-
f5y Little josephine Oiroyd Tiefen-
1haler, the Department Mascot. recitcd
Your Flag and My Flag with fine ef-
feet, looking Ike Il rosehud in her pink
dress.
Mrs. Karl Curry recited with much
applomb. two little poems by Mrs. Lucy
Weaver. Greeting to our Flag" ana
"Our First Flag" While reciting the
last Mrs. Curry suiting her actions To
the poem cut a five pointed star. Then
the u little boys and girls all in white
and waving silk Flags, sang Flag
Day Song" also by Mrs. Weaver. which
is dedicated to Mrs. Isabel Worrell-
Pail President of the Department of
Potomac, Woman's Relief Corps. thru
whose earnest efforts Flag Day was in
stituted in the District Of C0iurnDi Dia."
As the song was completed Mrs
Weaver stepped to the front carrying
splendid silk Flag and addressed the
Department President as follows:
In the little song just rendered by
the children. you must have read our
heartfelt appreciation for your efforts
crowned with such splendid success. in
establishing Flag Day here in the Dis
triCt.
but how incomplete would this littlc
token of our appreciation be, unless ac-
companied with the Stars and Stripes
you love so dearly. and have labored fol
SO earnestly. Therefor. il is nay yer!
great pleasure Ia present 10 you, in Tho
name of Phil. Sheridan w. L. c.. No
u, this American Flag; hoping that you
may yet see more years than her star.
number States. including all that ar,
yet to come, that your life may b,
bright as our beautiful Red, White an.
Blue. and that all the good luck oul
Jolly Jack-tar claims her thirteen b.oaC
stripes hold for him, may be ever witt