The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-07-05
UNCLE SANS
ARRAY OF FLAGS.
DATING FROM 1777, DURING THE
REVOLUTION, TO NORTH POLE
DISCOVERY IN 1909.

Uncle Sam has many flags of which
she has reason to be proud. Most
of them are in the possession of the
government, but a few are owned
by individuals or army posts.
One of them. now kept at the
statehouse at Annapolis, Md, was
carried by the Maryland troops
during the war of the American
Revolution, and is made in accord
ance with the act of Congress, June
"A. 1777. 1t is positively known to
have been the regimental flag OF the
Third Maryland regiment, command
ed by Col John Eager Howard. at
the battle of Cowpens. in January,
l77S, in which fight it was held by
William Bachelor. Bachelor was
sent home to Baltimore wounded
and took his flag with him.
After Bachelar's death in March,
I7sl, the flag remained in his fam
ily. and when the British invaded
MARYLAND in 1914 this same flag
was carried by William, Bachelors
son, in the battle of North Point, as
q banner for the twenty-seventh
Maryland Regiment. This William
Bachelor died in 1885. The flag, in
1907, was presented to the State of
MARYLAND and has since then reposed
in its capital building at Annapolis.
Another famous banner is the bat
tie flag of Commandant Oliver Haz-
ard Perry, the same which flew sue
cessively on the mast of his flag
ships, the Niagara and the Lawrence
in the battle of Lake Erie, Septem-
ber, 1913. This flag had been made
at Perry's express command, but at
the suggestion Of Purser Hambleton,
he added the words it bore. Don't
give up the ship" the last uttered
by Captain Lawrence, killed in the
fight in June, 1913, between English
and American forces. These words
have enormously been attributed to
Perry, but are. in fact, an adoption
of Lawrence's sentence to Perry's
flag. The banner is a 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.
In the same chamber at the acad-
emy is a gorgeous royal British
standard which was captured from
the parliament house when the CAPT.
tai of Canada fell, in 1913, into
American hands. 1t is magnificent
ensign with five quarterings. all in
radiant tones, the heraldic blazonry
being such as was used in the time
of George III. In one corner IS a
red lion poised in air, to denote
Scotland; in another is the golden
harp of Ireland; two other quarters
contain three rampant lions for Eng
land, while in the central quartering
is q combination of the arms of Sax
ony Hanover, Brunswick and Lune-
burg, with some emblems of the
Holy Roman empire.
In the National museum in WASH
ington is the real Star Spangled
Banner, the same flag which foated
over Fort McHenry in September,
1914, when it was attacked by the
British, and the one around which
Key wrote his immortal poem. Be-
ing Sc by 26 feet, it will hang from
the secondIstory of building to the
first floor. In spite of time it is
we'll preserved, and the stars and
stripes which CLEANED through the
perilous fight" are still plainly to
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 a cac-
tus, with q snake in its mouth.
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