Milford chronicle., 1920-03-05
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-Ups, Too
''NO RED WITHOUT
THE WHITE AND BLUE

write something for school about the
American flag and / know you can tel
me all about it. VIII you?"
Yes, Jack" answered his uncle. 81
could tell you a long story about the
history of our flag but l believe what
will be still better, is to tell you
what our flags stands for and how GER
tain people are trying to tear il down
and place another in its place First
will tell you a little about how our
flag came into being. The American
Flag was born on June IA, 1777, about
one year after the first representa-
tives of the United States of America
had pledged to support the Declara-
ton of Independence, if necessary
with their lives. The creation of this
first flag, which contained the same
number of red and white stripes as it
contains today, that is, thirteen for
the original states but different only
in that the stars were arranged in a
circle, was made the subject of res
olution in the Continental Congress.
The Committee of the Continental
Congress which handled the work
now handled by our Naval Affairs
Committees was known as the Marine
Committee. 1t was from this COM
Stars and Stripes was reported. To
give you a better idea what that res
olution contained l will read it to you.
Resolved, That the Marine Com
mittee be empowered to give such di-
rections respecting the Continental
ships of war in the river Delaware as
they think proper in case the enemy
succeed in their attempts on said riv-
er
Resolved, That the flag of the
thirteen United States be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white; that
the union be thirteen stars, white in a
blue field, representing a new con-
stellation
There is more to the resolution but
this is the part which applies direct
ly to the flag"
What do the colors in our flag
mean" asked Ruth who had become
greatly interested.
First of all, Ruth, our flag stands
for liberty. When you look at it you
should not just see the colors which /
it contains and the design which is so
beautiful but you should see the en-
tire nation. The American flag has /
never stood for castles and kings and |
dictators. 1t stands as protection to |
all loyal citizens, and as an invitation 1
to the oppressed of other nations to
join us and come under the protection
of its folds The cOlors have a real
meaning. The red stands for cOur-
age, the white for purity and the blue
for loyalty, truth and justice. The
star signifies dominion. While we are
on the subject of the colors l will
show you what difference color can
make when it stands for something
wrong instead of something right. As
/ just told you, the red in Old Glory is
for courage, courage to stand for
those things which are right. To keep
the principles upon which our gov
ernment was founded from being sup
planted by dictators and foes of lib
erty and justice. Our forefathers, the
men who started our government,
signed the Declaration of Independ-
ence, because they saw that this
country could not go ahead under the
dictation and tyranny of King George
who was then King OF England. 1t ,
was a wonderful document they de- )
signed. In its text we read that the !
principle thought set forth was the !
fact that, all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Crea-
D
that among these are Life, Liberty :
and the pursuit of Happiness. That to +
secure these rights, Governments are h
instituted among Men, deriving their +
just powers from the consent of the h
governed That is the whole princi-
pie in a few words, upon which our o
government is founded. That is, that h
the government shall be run only by f.
men who obtain their power from the i
people who are being governed. We do r
that by electing our President, our 6
Senators, our Representative in Con- +,
gress and all our local officers of local
such as the Mayor of our r.
city and so on. No small group of men /,
can select a certain man and say, He N
will be your President or King and
you must obey Nor can any group of p,
men decide what we shall and shall "
not do. 1t is that principle of justice n
and liberty, liberty in. the true sense h
If the word, liberty that is gained n
through law and order and the respect n,
or laws, made by the people them m
selves through the men they elect to in
'epresent them, that our Stars and m
Stripes represents. m
To-day in Russia a few men with j
elfish interests are trying to run the III
ountry under flag that has but one o1
olor. That color is red. That red M
tands for bIoodshed and all the nor 81
ible things that go with a govern in
nent that is run by dictators and
hose who must have their way. If any On
tand in their way they are killed. fr
hat group of men and women call IN
themselves by various names. They is
re bolshevists and soviets but it is m,
nough for us to know them simply 81
S Reds" These Reds are now try mr.
lg in every way possible to wreck
ur government that has stood so Co
trongly all these years, tear down en-
le Stars and Stripes, the Red, White co
nd Blue, and put in its place gov ac
rnment of bleodshed represented by
flag with but one color, RED. For no
lat reason we should think more or,
bout what our flag stands for and sie
emand that there shall be man at se;
lie head Of our Nation, a President I'M
no will make these Reds understand
lat so long as they attempt to put up Ell
lie Red flag in the place of the Stars Ca,
Id Stripes there is no room for them T.e
any part of the country. There is \
'otection for them all under our flag vii
they are willing to join us as Am hol
ican citizens and act with the true Fel
nse of justice but there is no room mn
r them so long as they try to wreck we
II government. ter
Il am not going to say who l think lea
)uld be the best man to handle this Tn,
uation at the head of our nation OF
t / am going to tell you the slogan an
What we might call oattle cry OF noe
e man who is an asoirant for the low
IL.