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ADMIRAL adopted American flag anchor appears army ARTILLERY badge banner battle bearing blue ensign blue field border British canton CAPTAIN castle Coast Guard COAT ARMS coat-of-arms collar colonies command Congress consists CORD cross of St crown displayed eagle emblem Empire England escutcheon feet fleet flown France Gadsden flag gold Grand Union Flag green guidon guns hoisted horizontal Indian INSIGNIA island jackstaff King Kingdom Kingdom of Castile land liberty Lieutenant merchant flag motto mountains national colors national ensign national flag NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE naval navy OFFICERS pennant placed province quarter red cross red ensign red field red flag regiment Republic river royal standard sailed salute scroll seal shield ship shore signal silver South Spain staff Stars and Stripes symbol thirteen tion troops union flag union jack United upper vessels white field white flag white stripe wreath yellow
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Страница 297 - 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.
Страница 304 - The work that we do is the making of the flag. " I am not the flag at all ; not at all. I am but its shadow. "I am whatever you make me, nothing more. "I am your belief in yourself, your dream of what a people may become. "I live a changing life, — a life of moods and passions, of heartbreaks and tired muscles.
Страница 303 - 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 344 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Страница 307 - That on the admission of every new state into the Union, one star be added to the union of the flag ; and that such addition shall take effect on the fourth of July next succeeding such admission.
Страница 320 - Two flags, a white and a red, waved at the same time on shore by day, or two lights, a white and a red, slowly swung at the same time, or a blue pyrotechnic light burned by night, will signify, " Do not attempt to land in your own boats. It is impossible.
Страница 304 - THIS morning, as I passed into the Land Office, The Flag dropped me a most cordial salutation, and from its rippling folds I heard it say : "Good morning, Mr. Flag Maker." "I beg your pardon, Old Glory," I said, "aren't you mistaken? I am not the President of the United States, nor a member of Congress, nor even a general in the army. I am only a government clerk." "I greet you again, Mr. Flag Maker." replied the gay voice; "I know you well. You are the man who worked in the swelter of yesterday...
Страница 304 - I am no more than what you believe me to be and I am all that you believe I can be. "I am what you make me; nothing more. "I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself, the pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this nation. My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors. They are bright with cheer, brilliant with courage, firm with faith, because you have made them so out of your hearts; for you are the makers of the flag, and it is well that you glory...
Страница 304 - Maker," replied the gay voice; "I know you well. You are the man who worked in the swelter of yesterday straightening out the tangle of that farmer's homestead in Idaho, or perhaps you found the mistake in that Indian contract in Oklahoma, or helped to clear that patent for the hopeful inventor in New York, or pushed the opening of that new ditch in Colorado, or made that mine in Illinois more safe, or brought relief to the old soldier in Wyoming. No matter; whichever one of these beneficient individuals...