Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-12

OF the best was difficult matter All
AID ESSAYS .
Of the essays viii be preserved and
on future occasions when informa-
ton relating 20 'Old Glory Is desired
the saays viii only hayye 10 be re-
fcrred to.
The selecting Of the best essays vas
done by "a committee of school teach-
ers and busneB mon Each essay was
given number and the number and
name OF the owner recorded. Those
who read the essays did not know The
name of tha owner Each essay was
graded as 10 spelling, punctuation
writing lRneuage ana neatness as
we'll as theme.
The grade OF the writer was also
taken into consideration
Following IS the essay taking first
rank on the theme. The First Flight
og old Glory"
The earliest pages Of history prove
that every ration. whether civilized
or barblrous had their flags 10 rep
resent them IN peace and In war
"rhe flag brought to America by|
the English oolonlsts was the great
Union Banner OF Great Britain. with
the three crosses thereon, represent
ing England, Scotland and Wales.
During the intercolouial wars, our
fathers designed a yellow banner on
which was n rattlesnake cut In thir-
teen pieces and a motto. "Join or
Die"
After the French ana Indian war,
the colonists began 70 see noe power
ful they were and how little angland
cared for their rights. so they alter
ed their flag putting the snake In a
coiled position ready TO strike with
the motto upon It, Don't Trad Upon
Mt"
Washington. IN the year i715 at
Cambridge. raised flag with the
thirteen stripes, alternate red and
white. with the British crosses Of st,
Andrew and st, George in tho up
per left hand corner. These crosses
we're set In background Of blue.
After the Declaration of linden
pendeuce, the United states no longer
wanted the British crosses on their
flags. as It would represent lllegi-
ance to the king.
"On June. l7T7. Congress resolved
that the flag OF the United states
should be thirteen stripes, alternate
red and white and that the union be
thirteen stars. white on a blue field,
square, Of the width Of seven stripes.
ON the uieht Of June I4,1771 Mrs
John Ross, at her home on Arch
Street Philadelphia, made the first
banner Of the Stars and Stripes as
prescribed b, Congress on the same
day.
The flag was made OF an Old uni
iorm. some stripes of an old white
sheet and some red fIanneL
There is some dispute As to where
the flag was first raised on land,
Some histories say that 1t was
raised at Fort StamolX now Utica,
New York. Others say It was raised
at Fort Schuyler now Rome New
York. Fosters historical chart. which
Is supposed to be absolutely correst
gives the forts, StanwiX and Schuyler
at the same spot In New York
In the picture painted by Edward
Percy Moran. the defenders of the
forts had made "A sortio and defeated
the British and captured four OF their
battle flags.
AID BEST ESSAY
OF the new born stars and stripes,
'In token Of the victory, a banner
Of the new born Stars and Stripes,
hurriedly made from some old rags.
was raised alcft above the captured
British standards
Tho Stars ana Stripes were first
raised upon water in the summer Of
171a by Capt, Johr Paul Jones. a
daring young pilot sailor,
The stars and stripes were first
used In battle on the banks Of the
Brandywlne, September II, l177.
In 1875 two stripes and two stars
were added to the fl=S. representing
the new states Of Kdntucky a. Yer.
mont When another state was ad-
mitted TO thh union tiny altered their
banner, reducing the number Of
stripes TO thirteen. and adding one
star, the star being added or the
lth of July after the states admission.
After Congress adopted the stars
and stripes as their national banner.
all Of the other nations altered their
flags, so that today the stars and
etripes is the Oldest national banner
In the world.
''In 1913 there were only twenty
rtates in the union, Now there are
tOrty-slx. In November. 1907. okla.
homa and indian Tohhltories were ad-
mltted to the union under the nlmo
Of oklahoma,
There will probably be two more
territories admitted to the union
withnl tho next two or three years.
These are Arizona and New Mexico.
There will 10 no more admitted un.
less they are outside our boundaries
CLAUDE CROW.
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