Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-06-28

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he American Revolution, and is made in accord
,nce with the act Of congress. June II, 177T. 1t Is
positively known to have been the regiIDental
lag Of the Third Maryland regiment, commanded
~ Col. John Eager Howard. at the battle of Cow
lens, S. c.. in January. IT'S, in which fight It was
held by William Bachelor. Bachelor was sent
home TO Baltimore wounded and took his flag with
hin.
After Bachelors death in March, 17s1. the flag
remained In his family, and when the British In
FADED Maryland in 1914 this same flag was carried
W William, Bachelors son, In the battle of North
.oint. as a banner for the Twenty-seventh Mary
and regiment. This William Bachelor died in 1885.
The flag, In 1907, was presented TO the state Of
Maryland and has since then rnposed in its capital
'uilding at Annapolis.
Another famous banner Is the battle flag of Com
nandant Oliver Hazard Perry. the same which
lew successfully on the masts of his ~tagships,
he Niagara and the Lawrence, in the battle of,
lake Erie, September. 1918. This flag had been
made at Perry's express command, but at the sug-
yestion of purser Hambleton, he added the words
It bore, Don't give up the ship" the last uttered
" Captain Lawrence, killed In the fight in June,
1918, between the English and American forces.
These words have enormously been attributed TO
Gerry, but are. in fact, an adoption of Lawrence's
%sentence to Perry's flag. The banner Is a bunting
It one solid color bearing its famous motto in
arge letters across its face, and is now kept at
he United States Naval academy at Annapolis.
A British Trophy.
In the same chamber at the academy is a sOr-
,cous royal British standard which was captured
rom the parliament house when the capital Of
Canada fell, in 1918, into American hands. 1t is d
magnificent ensign with five quartcrings, all In
adiant tones, the heraldic blazonry being such as
vas used In the time of George III. In one corner
G q rod Hon pofSai In ar tn 1pNatn Scotland in
another is the golden harp of Ireland: two other
a~uarters contain three golden rampant lions for
England, while in the central qualtering is IL COM
@ination Of the arms Of Saxony, Hanover, Bruins
wick and Luneburg, with some emblems Of the
Holy Roman empire. #a
In the National museum In Washington is the
zeal Star Spangled Banner, the same flag which
1oated over Fort McHenry In. September, 1914.
when 1t was attacked by the British, ana the one
around which Key wrote his immortal poem. Be
ng 3G BIZ 20 feet, 1t will hang from the second story
If n building to the first floor. In spite OF time
t is well preserved. and the stars and stripes
which CLEANED through the perilous fight are
still plainly TO be seen.
Mexican trophies are to be seen at the Naval
academy, These flags are all unique IN design,
bearing the Mexican condor standing on Il cactus.
with q snake In its mouth. There are several of
this war, one of them being the flag captured by
Gen. Winfield Scott and Commodore Matthew Per
~ at the fall Of Vera Cruz in 1S47.
In the antechamber to the rooms OF the secre'
tary of war. In Washington, IS the famous flag
which flew over Fort Sumter in April. 1861, when
t was fired on by the Confederate batteries. This
vas the shot which opened the great war between
the states.
The flag of the Mcrrimac Is now owned by the
family of the late Capt. Beverly Littlepnge, for
nerly Of Washington. ~
Another flag of the Merri,nac Is in the posses