Evening journal., 1914-05-20
nation Hears CALL
/. TO HONOR THE FLAG
Salute to ColorS" For Pub
lie Schools Set Forth in
a Circular
ANNIVERSARY TO BE
OBSERVED SUNDAY

In calling upon residents of the
country generally to observe Flag
Day, on June Is (the anniversary
June IA, falls on Sunday, the Ameri-
can Flag Association includes in its
public appeal a Salute to the flag"
for public schools.
Regarding the history of the flag,
the Association says:
"On the 14th day of June 1777, Con-
gress enacted 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 new con
stellation The number Of the stripes
having been increased by the admis-
sion Of new States, the possibilities
of the nations future development
dawned upon our fathers, the original
thirteen stripes were unchangeably
restored by act Of Congress on April
a. 1918, when it was enacted That
from and after the fourth day Of July
next, the Flag OF the United States be
thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate
red and white; that the Union be
I twenty stars, white, in a blue field
and that on the admission of new
/ State into the Union, one star be
4 added to the Union of the Flag, and
such addition take effect on the fourth
day of July next, succeeding such
/ admission
In the course of its letter to the
public, the Association says
we are now in the midst of an
anxious time in all our nation, again
calling for an expression of our most
sincere devotion to the flag of cur
/ country and what it stands for. The
stars and stripes, have come tc
i possess new beauty for friendly eyes
and new terror for the foes of liberty
and of law and order, and of lawful
/ government.
I'VE earnestly exhort our citizens
to join in making Flag Day an event
and its celebration in 1914, a grea
event. Let us, from one end of oul
4 land to the other, fling the stars anC
stripes to the breeze on June IA anC
Is. 1914. May it greet the rising an,
salute the setting sun, and float al
day long from every church edifice
school and building, public and pri
vate and however humble, through
out the entire land"
The salute to the flag for school
is set forth as follows:
At a given hour in the morning, tn
punils are assembled and in thei
places in the school A signal i
eiven by the principal of the school
Every pupil rises in his place. TIL
Flag is brought forward to the prin
cipal or teacher While IL is bein
brought forward from the door to tn
stand Of the principal or teacher
every pupil gives the Flag the mil
tarv salute. which is as follows
The right hand uplifted, palm uT
ward, to a line with the forehead
close to II. While thus standing wit
palm upward and in the attitude c
salute. all the pupils repeat togethe
slowly and distinctly the followin
pledge: Il pledge allegiance to m
Flag and to the Republic for whic
il stands: One nation indivisibl'
with liberty and justice for all" a
the words, as pronounced in thi
pledge, ITO my Flag each one e,
tends the right hand gracefully, pail
upward, toward the Flag until tn
end Of the pledge affirmation. The
all hands drop to the side. m
pupils, still standing, all sing Il
gether in unison the song "Americs
My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
In the primary departments, whel
the children are very small, they al
taught to repeat this instead of Il
pledge as given for the older chi
e dren;
: Il give my head and my heart
God and my country.
One Country, one language, OF
Flag"
In some schools, the salute is give
in silence, as an act Of reverenc
unaccompanied by any pledge. At
signal, as the Flag reaches its st
ton. the right hand raised, pal
downward, to horizontal positiC
against the forehead, and held the
until the Flag is dipped and return'
to a vertical position. Then, at 4
second signal, the hand is dropp
to the side and the pupil takes b
seat.
The silent salute conforms vel
closely to the military and nav
salute to the Flag.
Principals may adopt the "silei
salute" for a daily exercise and t
"pledge salute" for special occasion
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