Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-24
. HISTORIC FLAGS IN
NATIONAL MUSEUM

Washington, June 13.-One of the
most conspicuous features of the his
| torical exhibits in the United States ma
| tional museum is the flag collection
| collection which includes some 20 exc
amples of the American flag n shows
it's development in the different histor-
ical periods.
While there are no early colonial
| flags. such as were used by the several
| colonies before the flag of the United
| States was established by congress on
June 1, 1777. a fine example OF the first
true United States ensign is shown.
| Representative of the stars and stripes
! type, is a flag said to have flow or the
Bonhomme Richard, under command
| of Admira John Paul 1t came
| into the possession of the Smithsonian
| institution as a gift from Mrs. Harriet
r. Perry Stafford.
Another flag of the very highest his
| toric value is the original "Star
Spangled Banner" of Keys anthem,
which waved over Fort McHenry dur
ing the bombardment of September 49,
IA, 1914, and which wa presented to the
Smithsonian institution by Mr.. lIben
| Appleton. The Fort McHenry flag is
of the type having Is stars and stripes
adopted in 1854, upon the addition OF
the states of Vermont n Kentucky.
This type went into effect in 1855 and
continued to be the standard until 1918
| when congress returned to the original
Is stripes and made provision for the
addition of a star for each new state.
Several flags recall vividly the Mex
| lean wal of 1861. Among them is the
| flag of 10 stripes. with an eagle in the
| field. carried throughout the war by
| the battalion of volunteers which en-
listed from Baltimore and Washington,
and hoisted in Victoria City. Mexico;
also the flag of Mexico, hauled down at
f6ic fii,,n rN1n floor nf CnrNnnrvy 7
Fourth regiment of Indiana volunteers,
which presented by the commanding
officer, Capt. Robert Fravel, n car
ried in the Mexican war, is also to be
seen.
An incident relating to II flag in
Mexico as.recently brought out on
the occasion of the presentation of a
replica of the Star Spangled Banner"
to the national society of the Sons Of
the American Revolution. General ST.
mon Bolivar BuclNner stated that short
ly after the, Mexican wal it had been
his privilege to lead a party of Ameri-
can officers to the summit of Mount
Popocatapetl, where. he planted his
eountry's flag. in imitation Of the. early
Spaniards..
Recent researches. on the history Of
our flag indicate that the STARS and
Stripes" were not carried by troops in
battle until the period of the Mexican
'Ns ~ SHIS GAhAiSs ~ MaIS
used by the army as a garrison flag.
and flown on all war ships, only the
national standard. bearing the coat of
arms of tie United States. and the
reglmental colors We're carried by land
forces.
Pertaining to the civil war are nine
Tags: The garrison flag of Fort Moult-
RE. >. c.. lowered when the command
evacuated that fort to assemble at Fort
Sumter. December 26. 1860; the re-
mains OF the flag carried in the three
May 3-5. 1863. when three color SER
geants We're killed. though the standard
never faltered or fell to the round
headquarters flag of Brevet Major Gen.
William Babcock Hazen. comprising a
large white sta: on a field half red and
blue. representative of the rank of
garrison flag. hoisted at Fort Neal
lister. Ga. after the surrender of the
Tort to the union army. December 13.
1864; the flag flown on the U. S. S.
kearsage when she defeated the Ala
bama. deposited in the National muse
UNI by Lieutenant Herbert WinsIow.
son or Rear Admiral Winslow. COM
mander of the Kearsage. during this
action; a 35-star flag, flown after the
capture of Richmond, April, 1865;
headquarters flag of Major General e.
Q: c. Ord, received from his son,
Lieutenant James 4. Ord; flag of the
flrst Rifles. Pennsylvania volunteers.
round In the capital at Richmond. i'm
1900; and the flag raised at New Or
leans. by it's citizens. upon the occu-
pation OF the city by the union forces,
under General B. +. Butler. Nav i
1862. 41as y
Ihe museum collection contains
rags OF many sorts and types carried
IN Ihe war with Spain, including sew
eral spanish standards, flag of truce
employed by Lieut.. +. r. Brainard for
I4e release of two Unemployment from
havana, Cuba. and later for the re-
tease or Lieut.. Hobson and his sailors
aIter the destruction of the Merrimac:
ana Commodore Schley's %pennant.
dloWn from the U. s.. S. BROOKLYN. .I,1lv
3, 1898. ~
A collection from the state depart-
ment includes a series of 81 flags of
different nations.
me Following miscellaneous flags are
also OF interest: Flag owned by
Aomlrai Charles Wilkes, U. s. NJ. a
nag made of the first silk raised in the
United States: the American colors
nowna at the north pole by.Rear Admiral
Peary in 1909; also the. flag of the
navy league; the flag carried by the
smithsonian African EXCEPTION under
tne Of Theodore Roosevelt. in
lSO9-lO; and many other EXAMPLES of
the national ensign which has flown in
so many notable engagements.
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From the Wichita Beacon.
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