The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
Or OUR
FLAG IS TRACED
OvER|60lYEAR|S
Bureau of Education Says II is
a Growth Rather Than
a Creation.

g 4tuWlu Hdtitcl Jldti
a Creation.
The American nag. which has a
birthday June Il, Is, says the Dallas
News, a growth rather than a crea-
ton. According to the bureau OF edu-
cation, its history can be traced back
to the twelfth century, or nearly 600
Years prior to the first flag day, June
| IA. 1T77.
During the first crusade, in 1875,
Pope Urban II assigned to all the
Christian nations as standards crosses
varying in color and design, emblem
ATTIC of the warfare in which they
were engaged. To the Scotch troops
was assigned the white satire, known
the white cross Of St. Andrew, on a
blue feld. The British used yell
low cross, but Gentry and a quarter
later they adopted o red cross on q
white field, known as the red cross OF
st. George.
Issued Two Flags
When James VI of Scotland ascend
ed the throne Of England as James
he combined the two flags, and is
sued a proclamation requiring all
ships to. carry the new flag at their
mainmasts. At the same time the
vessels Of Souths Britain were TO
carry at the foremasts the red cross
of st. George and the ships of North
Britain to carry the white cross Of
( ST. Andrew. q
The new flag was known as kings
colors," the union colors' or. tue
great union, and later as the .union
jack" and was the one under which
I the British made all their permanent
settlements In America. 1t was the
flag of Great Britain only by procla-
4 nation, however, and not until 1907
did parliament pass an act definitely
uniting the two countries and their
hags. In the same year the govern
ment issued regulations requiring tho
navy to use what was known as the
white ensign; the naval reserve the
Iblue ensign, and the merchant mar
inc, the red ensign. Owing to the
4 fact that the British merchant yes-
/ sells were everywhere the colonists IN
America came to look upon this red
\ ensign as the flag Of Great Britain,
Objected 10 Cross on Flag
The people in the New england coll
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! the cross left out The design thew
adopted has not been preserved In
1859 q mint was estehiished In. Roa-
ton Money coined in iris mint hat,
the nine tree stamped ON one side Of
IN. The nine tree design was also
used on New england flags certain-
lly nv 1904 and nossibly as early as
I 1895, ~; -
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IN september, ITO. mere was as
played IN the SCUM what - by many
oehevea 70 be me nrst distinctiyeiS
american nag. y was blue, with y
Whlte crescent, ana matched TIE
aress OF the troops, VINO wore caps
inscribed, Liberty OF death.
/! me coiohlsts desired 10 ADOPT a
common nag, put tney 'nao NOT as yet
declared independence, and were not
at nrst seeking independence. They
look the British nag as tney Knew IT,
ana mace new coionial nag by d.
Wding the red held with white stripes
into thirteen alternate RED and white
stripes. This IS known as the Cam
bridge nag, because was hrst un-
furied over Washington's headquar-
tiers at Cambridge, Mass: on January
], lIl6. IT complied with the law OF
lfOI by having inc union Jack on IT.;
1 1t also represented the thirteen COS
onies by the thirteen stripes,