The Arvada enterprise., 1917-06-28

sion OF Mr.. C. F. Gunther OF Chicago; this wns the
first raised, but shot AWAY. The flag
owned by the Lttlepages is the second one run up.
Reoan's Flag
In the rooms OF the Stevenson Post Mt Roxbury,
Mass. Is preserved one OF the strangest banners
the world hns seen. In a tobacco factory In
Richmond, In Civil times, many Federal SOL
diers we're prisoners. among them n Timothy J.
Regain Regnn conceived the idea OF making flag
of Federal Stars and Stripes even In the close
confinement OF their prison. There were about 20
men and they secretly got together the material
flannel shirt made the blue ground. shirt Of
white cotton furnished the white stars. and goods
were bought sufficient to make the red and white
stripes. In hiding, they wOrktd Mt their task till at
last 1t was finished. 1t thrown to the wind at
once In place which sheltered from the
view Of the guards, then torn Ito strips and d.
vidcd among the After the war. Regain by
persistent effort. managed to get together all the
Pieces md had them sewn Into Rug. which Ia
ut ROXbury.
The flag Of the Maine, the ship whose sinking
precipitated the Spanish American war IL 1898, Is
kept at Annapolis. Near by the banners captured
by Dewey at Manila from the Spanish. well a.
trophies of the battle OF Santiago.
The banner which foated the North pole
raised there April @. 1902 by Commander Robert
f. Peary lies for safekeeping in the vaults Of
Il safe deposit company In Washington. 1t was
made by Mrs. Peary, the stars being worked In
shores OF the Polar sea for than fourth
OF Its circumference. The bits Of white with
which It Is dotted indicate the fragments which
the explorer left with records at different places
In his journey. Some were deposited at Cape
Morris X. Jessup the farthest northern point OF
land on earth; one was left Mt Cape Thomas Hub
bard, another Mt the starting point Of the dash
for the pOe-Cape COl,imbia-hve bits are In the
Ice of "Penry's Farthest North" In 1900. and one
Is yet In the eternal stiffness OF the North pole
itself
Oldest Flag In Museum.
The Oldest flag In the National museum. at
Washington Is the nrst United States nag Of
which there Is authentic record. This Is the ban.
of John Pnu Jones. On the very day the law
was enacted establishing n national fng for the
United States Of America June 4. TIT. congress
appointed John Paul Jones to be commander OF
the Ranger History does not relate. with au-
thorlty. the exact date OF the making Of the
Rangers flag. but II must have been very soon
inter the congressional enactment because the
war department states that "The ship Ranger
bearing the Stars and Stripes and commanded
by Capt. Paul Jones. arrived nt French port
about December I. 1777. and her flag received on
February ~. l77s. the first salute ever paid to
American flag by foreign naval vessels"
Later, Paul Jones set his loved ensign high
above the Bon Homme Richard md II waved tri.
umphant many n fierce encounter with the
foes OF the new country. The most notable OF
these when II came In contact with the Brit.
ish ship Scraps In IT'D and went down. Commo-
dor Jones rescued his precious STARRY flag aud
hoistcd II over the captured Sernps. bringing II
home covered with honor.
The museum authorities believe this to be the