The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-13
NAG DAY NNn rmr RAG.

ruthcr han a creation. its
HISTORY can Ice traced back to the
twelfth century. ct ncatl, 500 years
prior 90 the first "FIag day. june
&C. r57L
Duriug ina nrst crusade in 1875.
Pope Urban a. assigned O.. ala of the
Christian nations as standards cross
- varying IN color and design. cmblc.
matte ct the warfare in which they
were engaged To tho scotch troops
was assigned the white satire. know
as the white cross 81 S. Andrew. ON
q blue field. The British used a yell
low cross. but q century and a quar-
ter later they adopted a red cross on
u white field. known as the red cross
Of II. George.
when James VI 81 scotland as
rendcd the throne OF England as
James T.. ne combined the " flags
and issued a proclamation requiring
all ships To- carry the new fiag at
their mainmasts. At the same time
the vessels OF south Britain we're 20
carry az their furcmnsts the red cross
OF - George md the ship- 81 north
Britain to carry the white cross OF
~. Andrew
The new rlag was known as
Kings Tolors. the Union Coiors
or the Great Union n later AS
the Union Jack. and was the one
under which the British made all
their permanent settlements In Amer
lea. II was the flag Of Great Britain
only by proclamation. however. not
until l107 did parliament pass an act
definitely uniting tho two countries
and their flags In the same year
the government issued regulations re-
quiring the navy To use what was
known NJ the white ensign: the naval
reserve. the hlue ensign, and the
merchant marine. the red ensign
owing To- the fact that the british
merchant vessels were everywhere.
the %colonists In America came 20 look
upon this red ensign as the flag %
Great Britain
The people IN the New England
colonies were bitterly opposed To- the
cross IN the FLAG In 1888 some Of
the troops in Massachusetts declined
10 march under his flag and the mil
itary commissioners we're forced 10
design IA FLAGS for their troops
with thu cross left out. The dcsign
thoy adopted has not been preserved.
In 1863 a mint was established IA
Boston. Money coined In his mint
had the pine tree stamped on one
side OF q. The pine tree dcsign was
also used On New England flags. ccr-
tainly hy 1904 and possibly as early
az 1895.
At the outbreak OF the Revolution
the American colonies hai NO rlag
common 90 all or them. In many
cases the merchant marine flag ~
England was used with tho pine tree
substituted for the Union Jack Mas
s~aChusctts adopted the green pine
Tree ON a white field with the motto,
An Appeal TO Heaven Some 81
the southern states had the rattle
snakc nag With the motto, Don't
Tread ON Ne on "a whit or yellow
field. This flag had been used ny
South Carolina as early as 1854 BEN
jainm Franilin defended the rattle
snake deyirs on the ground that the
Iatlesnako Is found only IN America
and that serpent rmblems were con-
sidered 1y angicnts to be- symbols OF
wisdom.
In september 1875 there was dis
played In tha sJuth what be- hy many
believed CO. hc the fret d]lstincu,ely
American Csg u was blue with "a
white crescent and matched an"
dress ui the troops. who wore APPS
inscribed Liberty or death
The solonisis Gesircd g. adopt "a
common nss. bur ihoy had not set
declared independents, aud were not
al first serking Independence They
Toe the British flag as yhey knew
IT, ana ulHNf h new COLONIAL Tag Ih
ditiding the red held with Whitc
stripes into rs alternate red ana
white stripes This h known as the
Cambridge nag hrcausc A, was hrst
unfuried over Washington's head
quarters al CumbridEe. Mass ON
January O. 1876. u complied with
the law of t-o7 hy ha,ine ude Union
Jack on 10 90 also represented the
a. colonics uy the ~ stripes
A. the -goionists gradually became
converted 90 the idea that indepen-
denoe from the mother COUNTRY was
Necessary they began 10 modify tho.
FLAG, hrst by leaving off The Union
Jack and using only the ~ horizon
IA afipea. The modified nags Nerel