The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-15

LIE LanCeN fAS WOOD. secretary. the
Rt- Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire. Mr..
Graham II. Andrews and Prof. Will
liam r. Stone. Of Raleigh: Mr.. raul
w Schenck. president Of the Battle
Ground Company. of Greensboro: Mr..
Thomas Aaslin. of WinSton-Salem.
and Mr. J. Harvey White. Of Graham.
The Sons OF the Revolution were the
the Battle Groun Company. being
furnished with automobiles 10 carry
them 10 and from the grounds. and
We're later carried To view the differ
emf monuments and other points 90
interest on he field. besides being
entertained at lunch on the battle
ground.
The address. in presenting the flag.
vas delivered by Eice-President
Grimes, who. in a highly interesting
speech, pret2ced his address with an
account or the BART borne by NORTH
Carolina and the other Southern
colonies in the bsilding OF the Nation.
referring 10 the flag which the Sons
OF the Revolution had commissioned
him to present. he said:
TIL is a reproduction OF the only
Revolutionary hattle-tiag known 10 ex-
list in North Carolina. and there -
probably no other of its kind any
where to be found-it being designed
Very much like the present United
states flag. hut with red and blu
stripes instead of red and white. and
with thirteen blue stars on a white
field instead of white stars on a blue
field, as now. The original. from
which this flag is made. was carried
at Guilford Court House and in other
battles; after the war, it was taken
back to Granville county by Mieajah
Bullock, who had served in the regi-
ment Of North Carolina Militia. com
manded by Col. Ebenezer Folsom.
From Mr.. Bullock it descended 10 his
son, Edward Bullock, who placed il
tor safe-keeping in the Masonic
Lodge at Mount Emery in 1854, and II
there remained until 1905. when Il
was removed and deposited in Creed
moor Lodge No. 499. When the new
Masonic Temple in Raleigh was COM
rleted this flag was presented to the
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, jan
uary 13, 1909, by the descendants of
Mr.. Bullock, among these being mer1-
bers Of the Bullock, Winston and Har-
ris families. The old flag. 1t is need
less to say, is carefully treasured by
the Masonic Grand Lodge. AS it was
carried on this historic field on that
bloody day in 1871 when the great
battle was fought. the Society of the
Sons of the Revolution. by permission
Of the Grand Lodge authorities. has
had this reproduction made-it being
SlIIiIldI All ever pal liCuIdt " it IiEI-
raj, excepting torn places-and we
now ask its acceptance by the Gull
ford Battle Ground Company. a pa
triotic organization which, like the
Sons of the Revolution, is engaged
in the laudable work of keeping alive
the of the patriotism dis
played in the great war by which the
independence of our country was
| on
IT was a source OF regret TO all
that Hon. Alfred M. Scales. a mem
Der Of both the Battle Ground Com
pany and the Sons of the Revolution,
who was to have made the speech
Of acceptance for the former was pre-
vented by sickness from attending the
exercises. His place was filled by Col
J. T. Morehead, who, in a brief
speech, gracefully accepted the gift
and assured the Sons of the Revoiu-
ton hat it would be carefully pre-
served in the Battle Ground Museum.
The fourth of July celebration next
year G912) promises to be the great
| est in the history of the Battle Ground
Company. for that is the time set for
the unwilling of the statue OF Gen.
Nathaniel Greene, for the erection OF
| which Congress has already appro-
priated $40, 600. 1t is expected hat
this occasion will be graced by the
presence of President Taft and his
cabinet. the Governor of Rhode Is
land General Greene's native Stste)
and Governor Kitchin, of North
Carolina. in addition to attachments
from the United States Army and Ma
tional Guard. Representatives OF the
Society CT the Cincinnati. of which
General Greene was a member the
Society of the Sons of the Revolu-
ton and other patriotic ORGANIZATIONS
Will also be present.