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Title: History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885
Subjects: Flags -- United States Seals (Numismatics) -- United States National songs -- United States Signals and signaling Flags
Publisher: Boston, Mass. New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rest or constellation denotes a new State taking its place and rank among othersovereign powers. The escutcheon is borne on the breast of an American eagle, without any other sup-porter, to denote that the United States of America ought to rely on their own virtue. The pyramid on the reverse signifies strength and duration. The eye over it, withthe motto, *Annuit Cceptis (Prosper our Endeavors), alludes to the many .signalinterpositions of Providence in favor of the American cause. The date underneath is that of the Declaration of Independence, and the words imderit signify the beginning of tiie new American era, which commences from that date. Medical-Director J. D. Miller, U. S. N., under date Oct. 14, 1875, certifies the fore-going to be an exact copy of the original, when in the possession of the late Dr. WilliamP. C. Barton, U. S. N., which was followed by a description of the arms as preparedby William Barton, and adopted June 20, 1782. ± L, L AMERICAN YACHT CLUB FLAGS - 188 0.
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-XOTEf77if )ae/iJ/i oftJie CanaduaiJTaUfax JlfJierniudu Clubs near t/teJ^nglish blue.JSTVsign,niOt <Uvices on OsFlv orField AMERICAN YACHT CLUBS. 701 AMERICAN YACHT CLUBS. Up with the anchor! the white-crested billowsAre leaping like dolphins our swift keel to greet;Awake! all ye sluggards, throw by your soft pillows,Make sail on our darling, the Queen of the Fleet. She welcomes the breeze with ripples of laughter, And shows her wliite teeth at each wave that we meet;She flings back the spray at crafts that come after;Ah! none can compare with our Queen of the Fleet. Yachting Song, by R. S. Barker. Yachting has ever been, and must always remain, an aristocraticsport. The cost of building and maintaining the smallest yacht places yachting beyond the resources ofany but the wealthy. The rich merchantsof Tyre, according to the Prophet Ezekiel,had their private galleys, with benchesof ivory and masts of cedar of Lebanon,and sails of fine linen with broideredwork from Egypt. The yachts

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