East Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Friday, September 21, 1917.
Page Nineteen
AMERICA'S STARRY FLAG FIRST SEEN DURING TRYING TIMES OF REVOLUTION
Twenty-Eight Page
In 1(06, In honor of the union of
Knglund and Scotland, the English
flutf, which for yearn had been white
with the red cross of St. George ex
tending to, ItH edttes, was changed to
a field of blue, across which waa
placed the upright red cross of Ht.
(taorge and the diagonal white cross
of St. Andrew.
This waa the flag that floated over
the "Hunan Constant" at Jamestown
and the "Mayflower" at Plymouth.
Although the colonies frequently used
devleoa of their own, the Kngllah
tlag waa tho flag of this country for
more than one hundred and fifty
years.
So different were the symbols of
the colonies, regiments and ships
that Washington, In 1776, wrote.
"Please fix on aome flag by which
our vessels may know each other.
The first striped flag waa rained
at Washington's hoadquarters, Cam
bridge. Massachusetts, January 2nd,
1776, and saluted with thirteen guns.
About tho mine time John Paul
Jones, as senior first lieutenant,
holated It with his own hnnds over
Commodore Hopkins' flagship the
"Alfred." then lying In the Dela
ware at 1'hlladolphla.
In 1777 congress appointed a com
mittee constating of General Wash
ington, Hubert Morris and Colonel
Ftoaa "to designate a suitable flag
for the nation." This committee, as
all the world knows, conferred with
Mistress Betsy Koss and afterward
recommended a flag In which the
stripes recently Introduced were re
tained, but In which the crosses, the
symbol of British authority, gave
place to the stars which were hence
forth to shine for liberty.
On June 14th. 1777, In old Inde
pendence Hall, Philadelphia, congress
adopted the following resolution:
"Resolved, that the flag of the thir
teen United States be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white; that
the union be thirteen stars, white in
a blue field, representing a new con
stellation. The stars to be arranged
in a circle." Enter here the Star
spangled Manner, with thirty-seven
years to wait for the song that was
to Immortalize the name.
The Stars and Stripes was first
used In actual military service at
tr"
Fort Stanwix, re-named Fort Schuy
ler, now Uomeo, N. T., on August
6th, 1777, and first carried In battle
at a skirmish at Cooch's IJrldge, near
Wilmington, Delaware, September
Srd, 1777.
On February Itm, 177S, Captain
John Paul Jones had the great satis
faction of seeing the Stars und
Stripes "rocognlzed foi the first time
and In the fullest manner by the
flag of France" by salutes first to
the "Hanger" and later to the "In
dependence" of Jones' fleet. This
was probably 'the first recognition by
any foreign power of the colors of
the United State of America.
John Vaui Jones was also the first
to see a regular British mon-of-war
strike her flag to that of the United
States. Jones received his appoint
ment to the command of the 'Han
ger" on the very day that our nation
al flog was adoped by congress. He
said ."That flag and I are twins. We
cannot be parted In life or In death.
So long as we can float, we shall
float together; If we must sink, we
shall go down as one."
The flag was not changed until
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The Picture
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and the astern circuit vaudeville
Paramount, Fox and World Pictures,
making the best vaudeville and pic
ture program to be secured In the
iHt We are now picking our vau
aevllle bookings from the Chicago
office and this coming season Pen
dleton will see a much Improved
class of vaudeville artists. More so
than It has ever had the pleasure of
before. Starting October 1. we
commence our new vaudeville sys
tem which will be four acta of well
balanced vaudeville and the best ar
tists money can buy. These four
acts and such photoplay stars as
Pauline Frederick, Marguerite Clark,
Oeo. M Cohan, oeorae Beban. Mme.
Petrova, Jack Plckford, Mae Mur
ray. Vivian Martin. Theda Kara. Vir
ginia Pearon. June Caprice. William
Farnuin, Carlyle Blackwell. Alice
Brady and many other noted stars,
maklngan evening's enjoyment for
every member of the family and of
the highest standard.
AlfcC.YIK TIIEATKR.
Is now prepsrlng for one of tho
greatest soasons of Special St at-3
Rights Production Pendleton has
ever known. The coming attractions,
such as "The Whip." "The Slacker.
"Twenty Thousand leagues under
the Sea," "Oods Man," "The Public
Be Damned." "Within the U.
"Womanhood." and all other state
right productions that will be placed
on the market from time to time.
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WHEN PENDLETON WAS VERY. VERY YOUNG
17 'J 5, when two Htrlpes and two atam
were added for Vermont and Ken-
tucky. By 1H16 four more utatea,
TenneHHee, Ohio, LOUlHlana and Indi
ana, were In the family and a com
m It tee was appointed to give them a
place on the flag. Realizing that
there muit be a limit to the t ripen,
the committee made a recommenda
tion which wan adopted April 14th,
118, that the flag be permanently
thirteen at ripen, representing the or
iginal thirteen mate and that a new
star be added fur each state as ad
mitted. The plan of arranging the stars to
form one large star wan abandoned
at that time and the method of
placing them in rows was adopted.
Since then a Btar has been added to
the flag on the Fourth of July fol
lowing the admlfwlon of a state to the
union.
The flag of the United State at
the time of the Revolution had thir
teen stars; in the war of J 81 2, fif
teen; In the Mexican war, twenty-
nine: in the Civil War, thirty-five and
In the ftpanlBh-American War, forty-
five the number today is forty
eight, arranged on the blue field In
six rowH of eight stars each.
The flag-making plant of the navy
Is at the Brooklyn navy yard. The
bunting comes from Massachusetts.
Every case cost the government
5fl0 or 111.26 a roll. Every piece
must weigh five pounds forty
yards and stand a test of seventy
pounds to two square inches The
bunting la steeped In salt water for
six hours and then exposed to the
sun for another six. If It pass
these tests It fc pronounced fit for
our country's service.
i-uAMto ami it vn in Colors" axe
observed on board all our naval ev-
sels and at naval stations, ine cere
mony attending the raising and low
ering of the nag is very
"The Btar Spangled wanner
has
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Innr been nlyed at the raising, but
In 1904 Secretary Moody ordered
that It be played at the evening cere
mony also, Instead of "Hail Colum
bia," which had previously been use
when the colors were owered.
In many schools In this country,
and also In the Philippines. Hawaii
and Porto Rico, there are frequent
salutes to the flair. When It te
brought forward every pupil rises
and glvesa military salute, then alt
together th-y slowly and distinctly
repeat:
"I pledgi- alleslance to my flan
and to the Republic for which It
stands, one nation, indivisible, with
liberty and Justice for all"
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These and our famous Fntty Ar
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Klelne. Bdlenn. Pelig and Rssanay.
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little mentioning, as they are of the
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al western and railroad pictures are
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each Saturday. The Cosy Is the
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The plays at the Pastime the cum.
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Mary Pickford in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."
Elsie Ferguson in "Barbary Sleep."
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George M. Cohen in "Seven Keys to Baldpate."
William S. Hart in "The Narrow Trail."
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