The Arvada enterprise., 1917-06-28

the Maryland troops during the war OF
the American Revolution. and Is made In accord
with the act of congress, June IA, 1777 II Is
positively known to have been the regmental
flag Of the Third Maryland regiment. commanded
by Col. John Eager Howard, at the battle OF Cow
Eens. 8 C.. In January, 1778, In which fight It was
held by william Bachelor Bachelor was sent
home to Baltimore wounded and took his flag with
him.
After Bachelors death in March. 1881 the flag
remained In his family. and when the British In
vaded Maryland In 1914 this same flag carried
ny William. Bachelors son. In the battle Of North
Point as a banner for the Twenty-seventh Mary
land regiment. This william Bachelor died In 1888.
The nng In 1907. presented to the state Of
Maryland and has since then reposed In Its capital
building Mt Annapolis.
Another famous banner is the battle flag OF Com
mandant Oliver Hazard Perry. the same which
new successfully on the masts Of his fngships.
the Niagara and the Lawrence. In the battle Of
Lake Erie, September. 1913. This fag had been
made at Perry's express command. but at the sug
Eestion Of Purser Hnmbleton. he added the words
u bore Don't give up the ship" the last uttered
by Captain Lawrence. killed In the fight In June.
1873, between the English md American forces.
These words have enormously been attributed to
Perry. but are In fact. an adoption of Lawrence's
sentence to Perrys nag The banner Is bunting
OF one solid color bearing Its famous motto In
large letters across Its face, and Is now kept Mt
the United Stntes Naval academy mt Annapolis.
4 British Trophy.
In the same chamber mt the academy is a Eor
geOus royal British standard which captured
from the parliament house when the capital OF
Canada fell. In 1873 into American hands. 1t Is
magnificent ensign with five quarterings. NIL in
radiant tones the heraldc blazonry being such rs
was used In the time Of George III. In one corner
IN n 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 QnarterIng is a COM
binntion OF the arms of Saxony. Hanover, Bruins
wick and Luneburg with some emblems Of the
Holy Roman empire.
In the National museum In Washington is the
real Star Spangled Banner. the same flag which
hoated over Fort McHenry In September. 1914
when II was attacked by the British md the one
around which Key wrote his immortal poem. BE-
ing 10 by ~ feet II will hang from the second story
Of n building to the first floor. In spite OF time
II In well preserved. and the stars and stripes
which "gleamed through the perilous fight nre
still plainly to be seen.
Mexican trophies are to be Mt the Naval
academy. These fngs are all unique In design
bearing the Mexican condor standing on n cactus
with n snake In Its mouth. There nre several OF
this war, one OF them being the flag captured by
Cen Winfield Scott and Commodore Matthew Per-
~ at the fill OF Vera Cruz In Isl7.
In the antcChambcr to the rooms OF the secre
tsry Of war, In Washington. Is the famous flag
which few over Fort Sumter In April 1861. when
n WINS fired on by the Confederate batteries This
was the shot which opened the great war between
the states.
The flag OF the Mcrr1mnc is now owned by the
family OF the late Capt. Beverly Littepage. for
n,eriy OF Washington.
Another flag OF the Merrmac is In the posses