Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-14
PROUDLY Waves
THE STARRY FLAG
.oIa Glory Flutters From Every
staff Throughout Broad
Land Of the Free
HAApwosk OF BETSY ROSS
r,a,,r4i,a,e Ia Nation's l'sn-
,y on Birt,,daS--io'"I 'ie~r's
ON Land or SEA-

-. t,re IA. IL f-iag day, and Old
II I. or should be. hoisted TO the
., every Flagstaff In the United
w.. and ct every masthead Of her
80 ., the high seas. In Utah Fias
!. belng generally observed. proc
.,,o,s by GOV. spry and the mayors
N. various cities having promu'r
- the official pronunolsinento to
-, eject. The patriotic orsahlza,'ui,'
sat Lake have been busy. commit
having been appointed by the -,
q and kindred organizations hnu
Ssts made 10 tho citizens 10 honoi
,ss day BY displaying the nag al the"
bones. 80. In this life Of
o sir TAFT. member OF the legis.a-
hg non, WAYNE county. prior to MS
a. Asath at Bingham canyon on
.,'s,rg,on's birthday. 1907 was 70
u. ~, ard secure the passage by the
w. l.glaieture Of a law recognizing
A., and recurring the hoistinS OF
.,sr, and stripes on every scnool-
". IN the state The soul Of seth
80 burned with as true PATRIOTISM
syer warmed the breast OF any man
"a M. delight knew no bounds Wncn
:. .sw the measure OF honor 10 ms
',,,try's Gag become law OF MS
adopted state
STORY OF THE FLAG.
. .,o-v NJ the stars and stripes
-.sds like a romance. The nrst ing
- sSonted on June IA. l7I1 by
ns,,r N the continental congress held
=. phIIadelphia. when "A committee was
....oln,sd 10 consider a report on t.e
'rh,.o, a, a general standard for The
.."sns In ali the colonies. on that dafo
r,,sresa passed a resolution that the
s.g N The United States should be OF
% s,,,es seven red and six white, al
.s,ra,ing from top TO bottom ana that
,hs unlon should be typifed by. ID white
s,srs on a field Of blue, representing
new constellation.
7, "a told that Gen. Washington who
rss A member Of the committee, win
pohert Morris and Col Ross, took a
roush sketch Of the nag To Mrs. John
Ross. or Betsy" Ross, az she Is known
IN history, a noted seamstress VINO
liysd IN Arch street. and asked her II
she could make a flag from the de-
dyr The sketch. II Is said, contem,
,Is,.d a sx.polnted star, but Betty"
savorad a Aye-polnted star and in her
wn-k she cut such a pattern and built
me Gar with stars OF only Ave points
each. The change met the favor OF tho
committee. however. and the revised
siar was adopted The flag was COM
Melted by Mrs Ross, and upon. being
presented 70 Congress was approved
and at once raised above the legisla.
tive halls Il was Immediately copied
o. the patriots In all the colonies and
h,csms the standard Of the country in
pess and In war.
When Kentucky and Vermont were
admitted into the Union In 1894 the
stars and stripes we're increased 70 10
each but IN 1918 Congress voted to re-
store the original 10 stripes and 10 add
new star fnr each additional stats on
the Fourth OF July following the ad mis-
s'on ~ such state. This action was
taken partly out % sentiment for
representation ~ the original 10 col
onles and partly from the fact that tho
addition NJ new stripe FOR every new
state would soon increase the size OF
the flag TO unweldy proportions.
FIRST sALUTED ABROAD.
The emblem Of stare and stripes was
soon hoisted on the naval vessels OF tho
United States, and the battleship Ran
ger. commanded by Capt John Paul
Jones first carried tho flag into
French port IN December OF i7T7, and
:, was there on Feb IA. 1878. the rag
received the first salute ever paid TO
the American emblem paid by a for
elgn nation.
Flag day wes FIRST recognized Juno
H. 1885 whom tho governor OF the state
u New York, upon request OF ths
sons of the American Revolution. is-
sued a proclamation ordering that tho
nag be displayed upon all public build
ings In honor N tho one hundred and
sevenieenth anniversary OF Its adoption.
me DAY was also observed In Philadel-
nhla NJ the request Of the Colonial
Danes Since that time the day has
become more and more generally obs
served throughout this country and at
we American legations in foreign LANDS.
s'hool children have been taught 70
revere the DAY and It's Observance has
oeeone universal wherever the stars
ana str'nss float aloft or the heart OF
an American beats within.