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Title: The Little Book of the Flag

Author: Eva March Tappan

Release Date: January 8, 2010 [EBook #30893]

Language: English

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THE LITTLE BOOK
OF THE FLAG

BY
EVA MARCH TAPPAN

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO DALLAS
SAN FRANCISCO

The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY EVA MARCH TAPPAN
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

CONTENTS

I. THE FLAGS THAT BROUGHT THE COLONISTS 1

Flags under which the early colonists sailed--The English
"ancient flag"--The "meteor flag," "Union Jack," or "King's
Flag"--Endicott cuts the cross from the English flag--The
militia object to the cross on the flag--A flagless fort--Dr.
Cotton's decision.

II. THE PINE-TREE FLAG AND OTHERS 8

Flags common among the colonists--The New England
Alliance--The pine-tree flag and coins--Flags of the
militia--The red coat flag.

III. LIBERTY AND LIBERTY POLES 14

The demand for liberty--Opposition to the Stamp Act--Oliver
hanged in effigy--The Liberty Tree in Boston--The liberty
pole in New York--The Albany plan--The snake design.

IV. THE LAND OF MANY FLAGS 20

The Bedford flag--Flags at the beginning of the
Revolution--Sergeant Jasper saves the flag--The
rattlesnake on the flag.

V. WHEN WASHINGTON WENT TO CAMBRIDGE 27

The Philadelphia Light Horse Troop--The army at
Cambridge--The backwoodsmen--Indians offer their
services--General Putnam unfurls a scarlet flag--The
Liberty Tree.

VI. THE "GRAND UNION FLAG" 32

The "Gran