Our Flag: Origin and Progress of the Flag of the United States of America, with an Introductory Account of the Symbols, Standards, Banners and Flags of Ancient and Modern NationsJ. Munsell, 1872 - 535 páginas |
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... took the banner home with him to Baltimore . It was used in the procession that welcomed Lafayette to that city in 1824 , and was then deposited in Peale's Museum , where it was ceremoniously received by several young ladies . Mr ...
... took the banner home with him to Baltimore . It was used in the procession that welcomed Lafayette to that city in 1824 , and was then deposited in Peale's Museum , where it was ceremoniously received by several young ladies . Mr ...
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... took with him on his crusade the standard and ensigns of his kingdom . Of late years , the national flag borne by vessels whether of war or merchant ships have been known as ensigns , and a grade of junior officers have been introduced ...
... took with him on his crusade the standard and ensigns of his kingdom . Of late years , the national flag borne by vessels whether of war or merchant ships have been known as ensigns , and a grade of junior officers have been introduced ...
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... took the ensign from the admiral , the Earl of Warwick , and declared that he himself would be admiral on the voyage , and running ahead , led the fleet . On a rose noble of Edward III , the king is represented as stand- ing on a ship ...
... took the ensign from the admiral , the Earl of Warwick , and declared that he himself would be admiral on the voyage , and running ahead , led the fleet . On a rose noble of Edward III , the king is represented as stand- ing on a ship ...
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... took on their entrance , was found in the archives of the Abbey of Accobaga , in Aragon ; it is as follows : " I swear to consecrate my words , my arms , my strength and my life to the defense of the mysteries of the faith ; and that of ...
... took on their entrance , was found in the archives of the Abbey of Accobaga , in Aragon ; it is as follows : " I swear to consecrate my words , my arms , my strength and my life to the defense of the mysteries of the faith ; and that of ...
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... took the city of Vitebro , caused to be embroidered on his standard a unicorn at a fountain surrounded by snakes , toads , and other reptiles , and stirring the water with his horn before he drinks ; motto , venana pello - I expel ...
... took the city of Vitebro , caused to be embroidered on his standard a unicorn at a fountain surrounded by snakes , toads , and other reptiles , and stirring the water with his horn before he drinks ; motto , venana pello - I expel ...
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adopted American flag April argent arms army azure battle flag bearing blazoned boat Boston British Cape Capt Captain captured carried Charleston colonies colors command committee Commodore confederacy confederate congress continental cross of St device displayed eagle emblem England English escutcheon feet fire fleet fleur-de-lis floating flying Fort Moultrie French George governor grand union flag guns hand harbor heraldry hoisted honor John king labarum land letter liberty Lieut Major Anderson March motto national flag naval navy officers old flag pendant Philadelphia port present preserved president raised rear admirals rebel received regiment represented royal sailed salute says secretary ship signal silk soldiers South Carolina squadron staff standard Star Spangled Banner stars and stripes steamer Sumter symbol thirteen stripes troops union flag union jack United vessel voyage Washington waved white and blue worn yacht York
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Página 497 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Página 509 - My native country, thee — Land of the noble free — Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Página 292 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Página 493 - Oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Página 341 - Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours, until the quarters were entirely burned, the main gates destroyed by fire, the gorge wall seriously injured, the maga'zine surrounded by flames...
Página 300 - Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Página 500 - And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
Página 498 - Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Página 309 - I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect and defend it.' I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Página 493 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?