Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-16
FLAG DAY OBSERVED
By LODGE OF ELKS
Continued from T'age One

Continued from rage one1
onists selected d red aag - their en-
sign. hearing III the upper cOrner The
green symbol of pine tree On 9
Hhite Held. This banner was IN poE,
Mar favor for many years. and II
thought Ia have been the one carried
l1y me Americans III tiae hattie q
bunker Hill.
Ia 7'7T6 ing vas designed for the
Continental army and Navy. showing
thirteen alternate stripes Is red and
white, cerresp onaimg "a the number
81 me colonies. with IN azure field
in the upper corner. bearing he red
cross iii ST. George and the white Of
SIT Andrew This was the beginning
of TIE Flag II Star and Stripes: ~
this form IL was hoisted ~ General
George Washington over his head
quarters III Cambridge Mass Dan
nary i. IRIS. The same pattern ot
aag was raised BY Lieutenant John
paul Jones on his vessel The Alfred
fis tIrst use on man of war.
Tiae right Of freedom Was PRO
claimed BY the colonists on July q
l77ss and two days later. on July 4.
the Declaration of Independence was
adopted II response To the demand
for i hammer more Yepresen i've 81
the Aims and ideals 81 the new coan
try. Dbl June ] 4, 1855. one hundred
ana forty years ago today, Congress
declared the national dag to he thirs
teen stripes, seven red and six white
with thirteen stars in circle on i
blue field.
According III nlest authorities the
iirst flag of this description WIS made
~ Betsy Ross, 1T her home NO 20
Arch street. Philadelphia. 4 building
stlll preserved and pointed out Is the
birth place of onr national emblem
George Washington acting rs com
nlitteenan. submitted the design u
the flag to betsy Ross, and Il was
Upon her suggestion that the stars
we're made Of i've points, is Il
France instead ng six points. as II
EngIand. III 1876. after Vermont and
Kentucky had been admitted II tht
] Union, two stripes and two stars were
added 10 the flag The war of Isl.
Was fought under such flag. and i
onlained I'll this form until July 4
1878. when the stripes were reduced
ID the original thirteen and he stars
increased % one for each state.
Hi lis present form. thirteen Cd
lonial stripes and one star for each
tate. tho flag represents the Amer
iean nation as II was at its birth, Al
ii ii at tho present time, and be
tokens what II may BE- lii the futur,
when other stars shall have joineG
the constellation
/ ''It must have been foreordainet
That this aag should lead ali others
III the flight of the centuries, for j
was the nag III George Washington
1 and Thomas Jefferson; BIZ John Adams
Ben amln Franklin and Patrick Henry
the nag If Betsy Ross whose Quake
hands first fashioned IL into robe b
glory inspired by souls like these
kiniied AL slirines like these. the spiri
81 ZIG became the spirit of all the sue
seeding years, and the flag that ha
never known surrender the nag tia
/ n destined % win the world iron
wrong, to Danish unhoIy strife. and i
usher III the thousand years of peace
OF al the flags of history, this Am
erican Flag IL the greatest. the mos
beneficient, the most beautiful Sport
ing I'll the breeze. Ii IL mosaic d
ribboned loneliness; dropping Id softe
airs, IFS stan Is transformed into
Maypole of festai delight II Is Al
honest nag. benevolent flag, 4 right
sous Nag Hall To this nag,
Hail To this flag Hall to this HI,
of flags. Sometimes Ii Is called til
Stars and stripes Sometimes. Red
White and Blue Sometimes II is call
a the Star spangled Banner Some
lines, and most affectionately, oil
Glory Honoring Its every name re
jotcIng in It's record. believing ID IL
mission We do well to observe tfi
natal anniversary: vi do we'll To cher
lsil and yenerate this regal banner, |,
keep alive Its vestal fires, and To per
petuate its power and glory we d
well to yield unto ii the tribute 81 flow
err and song and story. Flags ant
music and flowers are the federate.
anthem 81 the American people Plan
roses, and the red Of the flag vii
quicken into life with the breath an,
blush of returning june. Plant lilies
land the white az the fag Will re-appeai
with the constance Of sunshine an
1.-The dew Plant pioIets, and the blu
/ ST the Tag Will come again with vow
of supernaI remembrance. Hall, Al
rail ID this aag DC Liberty. the nag q
tile brave fathers and loving motherl
81 the republic As II was heir nag
50 II ii your nag. aud mine. II Is n.
nag Of every American rooftree. th,
nag Of every American state May
ever be the nag Of that innrnorta
Union u States and Territories. Gu
Country!
After Aud Lang syne MI