Our National Flag, the Stars and Stripes
Its History in a Century
By Schuyler Hamilton · 1877
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- About this editionPage count: 40Published: 1877Publisher: George R. LockwoodDigitized: 15 November 2006Language: EnglishAuthor: Schuyler HamiltonContributor: New-York Historical SocietyCreate citationOther editionsCommon terms and phrasesActAdamsAdmiraladmittedadoptedagealterationalternate redAmericanAndrewarmsarmyAugustbanner of Stbattlebearingblueblue fieldboreBostonbravebrilliantBritainBritishcalledCaptainCharlescirclecoinColoniescolorscommandCongressContinentalCooperCrosses of StDecemberdevicedisplayedEnglandEnglishfellfieldfifteenFigfourGeorgegivengunshandHeavenJamesMore terms and phrasesShow lessPopular passagesTheir dying shout at Monterey . " And on - still on our column kept Through walls of flame its withering way Where fell the dead , the living stept , Still charging on the guns which swept The slippery streets of Monterey .Mexico might , and probably would , have lasted some four or five years , with , in its first half , more defeats than victories falling to our share ; whereas , in less than two campaigns , we conquered a great country and a peace , without the loss of a single battle or skirmish...Oder stand to it with sword and pike , until they beat off the blue and yellow Swedish brigades , esteemed as stout as any that fought under the immortal Gustavus...More passagesShow lessGet bookBorrowFind in a librarySearch in WorldCat.Search WorldCatSimilar booksHistory of the National Flag of the United States of AmericaBy Schuyler HamiltonOur Country's Flag and the Flags of Foreign CountriesBy Edward Singleton HoldenIncludes descriptions, histories, and meanings of American flags from 1607 - 1916 ; histories, descriptions and meanings of flags of foreign nations from ancient times to 1916; and an explanation of ...More booksAbout the workOriginally published: 1877Subject: Flags -- United StatesAuthorSchuyler HamiltonAmerican soldierSchuyler Hamilton was an American soldier, farmer, engineer, and a grandson of Alexander Hamilton. WikipediaSearch Schuyler HamiltonMore by authorOur National FlagBy Schuyler HamiltonOur National Flag is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and ...History of the National Flag of the United States of AmericaBy Schuyler HamiltonMore booksPublisherGeorge R. LockwoodSearch George R. Lockwood
