Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-14
THE FLAG
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

Here is a test of what you know about the flag
of your country. Every boy and girls ought to be-
able to answer these questions
Question: What is the flag of the United
States of America? Answer: Thirteen horizontal
stripes alternating red and white, having in the
upper left hand corner a blue field wherein are
set forty-eight white stars.
O. What do the thirteen stripes represent?
A. The thirteen original colonies.
O. What do The forty-eight stars represent?
A. The forty-eight states in the Union.
@. When did congress pass the resolution au-
thorizing the making of the flag! A. June -
1777.
first flag? A. Congress, in response to request
from General George Washington appointed
committee to design flag which would enable
American vessels to recognize each other. me
committee called on Mrs. Betsy Ross, and expert
needlewoman, who conducted the upholster1ng
business at her home 239 Arch street, Philadei-
phia and requested her to make the nag from
design thew showed her She suggested to Wash
ington, who was member of the committee tnat
he redraw it, which he did. She also
suggested that the stars be fve-pointed From
this design as redrawn, she made the first star
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A. The first record we have OF this Is sept. IL
1777, at Brandywine.
O. When did the flag contain 10 stripes ana
/ 5 stars? A. When Vermont and Kentucky were
added to the union in 1894, congress decreed that
after May 1, 1875, there should be 10 stripes ana
Is stars.
O. When was the permanent 10TH Oh lno AL1S
prescribed? A. On April 4. 1918, congress de-
creed that there should be 13 stripes and that
the union should be blue field containing as
many stars as there states In the union a
star being added for each new state on the Fourtn
of July following its admission to the union.
O. How many stars there now, and how
are they arranged? A. Forty-eight; six rows OF
eight stars each, with the corresponding stars OF
each row in vertical line.
O. How many stars we're there on the flag IN
the War of the Revolution? A. 13.
In A.
O In the Mexican War? A 20.
O. In the Civil War? A. IS.
O. In the Spanish War? A. As.
O. Now? A. AS.
O. What is the rule in regard to raising the
flag? A. 1t should not be hoisted before sunrise,
and it should be lowered at sunset. When the
country is at war, however, the flag may be kept
flving all night, although army posts do not fly
the flag at night except when battle is In prog
ress go
O. When is the flag flown at half-staff? A.
AS q sign OF mourning. 1t should first be raised
to the top of the staff and then lowered. At the
conclusion of the funeral the flag should be raised
to full staff.
O. What is the proper position Of the flag?
A When displayed with the stripes running hOri-
zontally the blue field should be in the upper left
hand corner; If it Is hung with the stripes run
ming I'D and down the blue field should be, to
person facing the flag, in the upper right hand
corner.
casket? A. With the blue field at the head.
O. What is the proper thing to do when the
flag is passed in parade? The spectator should
halt if walking, rise, If sitting, stand at at
tention, and uncover
O. What is the age of our flag compared to
those of other nationsP A. 1t is older than the