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Title: Story of the American flag with patriotic selections and incidents
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Fallows, Samuel, Bp., 1835-1922, ed
Subjects: Flags -- United States Patriotism
Publisher: Boston (etc.) Educational publishing co
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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triumphal march fromA^era Cruz to the City of Mexico. The outbreak of the Civil War found thirty-four starsin the union of the flag. This was the constellation whichshone on Grant at Fort Donelson, while at Appomatox twoadditional stars—thirty-six in all. smiled approval, wemay believe, on the prowess of the same favored son ofIllinois. When, in 1794, it was proposed to add two additionalstars to the flag, for Acrmont and Kentucky, it was ob-jected that within fifteen y?ars, by such a rule, we miglitbe ol)liged to have a flag with twenty stars. Although itwas not until twenty-three years later that so many stateswere in the Union, no one probably would have then vent-ured to predict that forty-five stars would be in the constel-lation one hundred years after the Secretary of the Treas-ury proclaimed the revenue flag with its sixteen verticalstripes. MRS. BETSY ROSS. The house in which ^Irs. Ross made the first flag of theUnion is still more or less a curiosity in Philadelphia, since
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HOUSE OF MRS. BETSY ROSS, NO. 239 ARCH STREET.PHILADELPHIA. 47 48 STORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG. it remains in precisely the condition it was in when Wash-ington used to fuss there over his ruffles and laces. Mr.Alund, the present owner, is a small merchant, and livesover his shop. He keeps a stock of flags on hand andstores them in a small alcove in the attic. It has been stated that when Li Hung Chang recently vis-ited Philadelphia the citizens were requested to decoratetheir houses with bunting. )\Ir. Mund went up to the atticto get out his supply of new flags, when he discovered, awayback in the alcove, still another flag, of which he knew noth-ing. Covered with the dust and grime of a century, and itscolors sadly faded, Air. Alund pulled out an old Americanflag with the thirteen stars sewed on to the material justas Mrs. Ross had sewed them on the flag she made forWashington. It seems, then, that this was a pattern orfirst trial of the flag, and not being satisfied with her handi-wo

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