New York.

August 10, 1831: The name "Old Glory" given to our national flag by
Captain William Driver, of the brig Charles Doggert. The flag was
presented to the captain and contained one hundred and ten yards of
bunting. It is said to be now in the Essex Institute, at Salem,
Massachusetts.

September 11, 1777: The American flag first carried in battle at
the Brandywine. This was the first great battle fought after its
adoption by the Continental Congress.

September 13, 1784: The Stars and Stripes first displayed in China
by Captain John Green, of the ship Empress, in Canton River. The
natives said it was as beautiful as a flower, and the Chinese
continued to call it the "flower flag" for many years.

September 30, 1787-August 10, 1790: The American flag completed its
first trip around the world, borne by the ship Columbia, sailing
from Boston.

October 18, 1867: First official display of the American flag in
Alaska. On this day, at Sitka, the capital, the Russian flag was
hauled down and the American flag run up before the barracks and in
the presence of both Russian and American troops.

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THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,--
'Tis the star-spangled banner; Oh! long may it wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their