The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-29

the American Revolution, and is made In accord
with the act Of congress, June a. 1177. 1t is
positively known to have been the regimental
flag of the Third Maryland regiment, commanded
by Col John Eager Howard at the battle OF Cow
pens s. c., in January, 177s, IN which fight IT
held by William Bachelor. Bachelor sent
home to Baltimore wounded and took his flag with
him.
After Bachelors death in March, 17s1 the nag
remained In his family, and when the British fn-
vaded Maryland In 1914 this same flag was carried
by William Bachelors son. In the battle of North
Point, n banner for the Twenty-seventh Mary
land regiment This William Bachelor died In 1888.
The flag. In 1907 presented to the state Of
Maryland and has since then reposed In its capital
building at Annapolis.
Another famous banner is the battle flag Of Com
mandant Oliver Hazard Perry, the same which
flew successfully on the masts Of his fagships,
the Niagara and the Lawrence, In the battle Of
Lake Erie September, 1913. This fag had been
made at Perrys express command, but at the sug-
gestion Of Purser Hambleton, he added the words
1t bore Don't give up the ship" the last uttered
by Captain Lawrence killed In the fight in June,
1913, between the English and American forces.
These words have enormously been attributed to
Perry, but are In fact, adoption Of Lawrences
sentence TO Perrys flag The banner Is bunting
OF one solid color bearing its famous motto In
large letters across Its face, and is now kept at
the United States Naval academy at Annapolis
British Trophy.
In the chamber at the academy Is gor-
geous royal British standard which was captured
from the parliament house when the capital Of
Canada fell, In 1873 into American hands. 1t is
magnificent ensign with five quarterings all In
radiant tones. the heraldic bazonry being such as
was used In the time of George Ill In corner
is red lion poised in air, to denote Scotland in
another is the golden harp Of Ireland; two other
quarters contain three golden rampant lions for
England. while In the central quartering is COM
bnaton OF the arms OF Saxony, Hanover, Bruins
wick and Luneburg. with some emblems Of the
Holy Roman empire. - .r-
In the National museum in Washington is the
real Star Spangled Banner. the flag which
foated over Fort McIenry In September 1914,
when It was attacked by the British, and the
around which Key wrote his immortal poem. Be
Ing SO by 90 feet II will hang from the second story
of n building the first floor In spite of time
II Is we'll preserved, and the stars and stripes
which CLEANED through the perous fight" are
still plainly to be
Mexican trophies are to be seen at the Naval
academy. These flags all unique in design,
bearing the Mexican condor standing on a cactus.
with a snake In its mouth. There several Of
this war one of them being the flag captured by
Gen. Winfield Scott and Commodore Matthew Per
ry at the fall Of Vera Cruz In 1S47.
In the antechamber to the rooms OF the
tary of war, In Washington, is the famous flag
which flew over Fort Sumter in April, 1851, when
Ii was fred on by the Confederate batteries This
was the shot which opened the great war between
the states
The flag of the Merrimac Is owned by the
family of the late Capt. Beverly Littlepage, for
merly OF Washington.
Another flag Of the Merrimac Is in the posses