Our FlagJohn W. Warner DIANE Publishing, 2000 - 51 страница Briefly describes the history of our flag, and sets forth the practices and observances appropriate to its display. Chapters: the flag's history; the flag today; flag laws and reg's.; flag presentation; folding the flag; care of your flag; sizes of flags; flags at the U.S. Capitol; how to obtain a flag flown over the Capitol; Amer. War Mothers flag; how to obtain a burial flag for a vet.; flags of states and territories -- each flag is shown in color with a brief description; Flag Day; the Great Seal of the U.S.; Ft. McHenry, where the "Star-Spangled Banner" was composed; the Flag House in Baltimore; the Pledge of Allegiance; and the American's Creed; and school projects. Photos and drawings. |
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... flag was still waving . The sight so inspired him that he pulled a letter from his pocket and began to write the poem which eventually was adopted as the national anthem of the United States " The Star- Spangled Banner . " Key was ...
... flag was still waving . The sight so inspired him that he pulled a letter from his pocket and began to write the poem which eventually was adopted as the national anthem of the United States " The Star- Spangled Banner . " Key was ...
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... flag . At the time that the flag resolution was adopted , Hopkinson was the Chairman of the Continental Navy Board's Middle Department . Hopkinson also helped design other devices for the Government including the Great Seal of the ...
... flag . At the time that the flag resolution was adopted , Hopkinson was the Chairman of the Continental Navy Board's Middle Department . Hopkinson also helped design other devices for the Government including the Great Seal of the ...
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... adopted in January of 1794 , expanding the flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes . This flag was the official flag of our country from 1795 to 1818 , and was prominent in many histor- ic events . It inspired Francis Scott Key to write " The ...
... adopted in January of 1794 , expanding the flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes . This flag was the official flag of our country from 1795 to 1818 , and was prominent in many histor- ic events . It inspired Francis Scott Key to write " The ...
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... flags as soon as the first colonists settled . Given the disparate array of settlers , it is not surprising that a wide variety of flags was cre- ated . The first flags adopted by our colonial forebears were symbolic of their struggles ...
... flags as soon as the first colonists settled . Given the disparate array of settlers , it is not surprising that a wide variety of flags was cre- ated . The first flags adopted by our colonial forebears were symbolic of their struggles ...
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... flag adopted in 1895. The diagonal cross and the square shape of the flag recall the Battle Flag of the Confederacy , orga- nized in February of 1861 in Montgomery , Alabama's capital . ALASKA Entered the Union in 1959 as the 49th State ; ...
... flag adopted in 1895. The diagonal cross and the square shape of the flag recall the Battle Flag of the Confederacy , orga- nized in February of 1861 in Montgomery , Alabama's capital . ALASKA Entered the Union in 1959 as the 49th State ; ...
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adopted in 1925 alternate red American Flag American War Mothers Baltimore Betsy Ross blue field coat of arms colors Committee on Printing Constitution in 1788 Continental Congress DAKOTA east and west emblem Entered the Union face the flag flag adopted Flag Day Flag House flag should never flagpole flew flown at half-staff flying folded Fort McHenry Francis Scott Key Grand Union Flag half-staff halyard hoisted hours a day House of Representatives Joint Committee July June 14 Mary Pickersgill Maryland modified Mothers flag motto means national flag Navy number of copies O'er the land patriotic pennant Pickersgill Pledge of Allegiance President Presidential Proclamation prominence or honor Ratified the Constitution rattlesnake red and white remove their headdress Republic resolution Rhode Island Senator ship staff Star-Spangled Banner Stars and Stripes stars indicating Statehood territory U.S. Capitol U.S. flag uniform United veteran Washington wave O'er west fronts white field York
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Страница 45 - I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Страница 46 - THE AMERICAN'S CREED I BELIEVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE; WHOSE JUST POWERS ARE DERIVED FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED; A DEMOCRACY IN A REPUBLIC, A SOVEREIGN NATION OF MANY SOVEREIGN STATES; A PERFECT UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLE; ESTABLISHED UPON THOSE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, AND HUMANITY FOR WHICH AMERICAN PATRIOTS...
Страница 6 - For us there is but one choice. We have made it. Woe be to the man or group of men that seeks to stand in our way in this day of high resolution when every principle we hold dearest is to be vindicated and made secure for the salvation of the nations.
Страница 12 - Sec. 3. That the flag, when carried in a procession with another flag or flags, should be either on the marching right; that is, the flag's own right, or, if there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line.
Страница 16 - America, when it is displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, should be on the right, the flag's own right, and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.
Страница 16 - States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak.
Страница 18 - The flag should never be used as drapery of any sort whatsoever, never festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free.
Страница 1 - 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 constellation.