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 Seiten |
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... foreign seas , and the notes he then gathered resulted in the preparation of an article entitled " The First Appear- ance of the Flag of the Free , " which was published in the Portland Daily Advertiser , and thence exten- sively copied.
... foreign seas , and the notes he then gathered resulted in the preparation of an article entitled " The First Appear- ance of the Flag of the Free , " which was published in the Portland Daily Advertiser , and thence exten- sively copied.
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... appears that such tenants were entitled to lead their contingent under a banner of their arms ; but the precise number so furnished which conferred the privilege , has 1 The siege of Carleverock is the title of a poem descriptive of the ...
... appears that such tenants were entitled to lead their contingent under a banner of their arms ; but the precise number so furnished which conferred the privilege , has 1 The siege of Carleverock is the title of a poem descriptive of the ...
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... the Bayeux tapestry it would appear that a kind of standard was borne near the person of the commander 1 Boutell's Heraldry . " Stow . " Hakluyt . 1000 Ensigns from the Bayeux Tapestry . 000 OOO in 26 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE.
... the Bayeux tapestry it would appear that a kind of standard was borne near the person of the commander 1 Boutell's Heraldry . " Stow . " Hakluyt . 1000 Ensigns from the Bayeux Tapestry . 000 OOO in 26 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE.
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... appears to have been made for that vessel ; and an image of our lady which had been captured in a ship at sea by John de Ryngeborne , was carefully conveyed from Westminster to Eltham , and there delivered to the king , in February ...
... appears to have been made for that vessel ; and an image of our lady which had been captured in a ship at sea by John de Ryngeborne , was carefully conveyed from Westminster to Eltham , and there delivered to the king , in February ...
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... appears from the following bill copied from the original preserved in Dug- dale's Warwickshire , was made in 1437 , viz ... appear on the streamer ; but probably it was painted on the side that is not seen ; and with this exception , the ...
... appears from the following bill copied from the original preserved in Dug- dale's Warwickshire , was made in 1437 , viz ... appear on the streamer ; but probably it was painted on the side that is not seen ; and with this exception , the ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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,
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 500 - And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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?