item: #1 of 6
          id: 27745
      author: Fow, John Henry
       title: The True Story of the American Flag
        date: None
       words: 10487
      flesch: 60
     summary: At the outbreak of our Revolutionary struggle the different colonies had flags of their own design, which, if grouped together, would have reminded one of Joseph's coat, embellished with Latin and other mottoes. For ten years prior to the Declaration of Independence men, in defiance of the Government, protesting against the oppressive Stamp Duty Act and other causes, held public demonstrations, at which a liberty pole would be raised, and flags with devices and sentences upon them would be carried.
    keywords: american; claim; committee; congress; day; fig; flag; history; john; philadelphia; ross; stars; stripes; union; washington
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        item: #2 of 6
          id: 27853
      author: Scott, Emma Look, Mrs.
       title: How the Flag Became Old Glory
        date: None
       words: 23088
      flesch: 78
     summary: Nor shot, nor shell, nor falling men deterred them. I am to have a _flag_ in the gulf, and the rest depends upon myself.
    keywords: american; army; banner; battle; blue; brave; british; captain; city; confederate; country; day; death; farragut; flag; fort; general; glory; illustration; jackson; jones; land; man; men; new; night; o'er; old; red; sea; ship; south; stars; stripes; sword; troops; united; war
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        item: #3 of 6
          id: 39221
      author: Macgeorge, Andrew
       title: Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses
        date: None
       words: 26722
      flesch: 73
     summary: It is interesting to note that the account for this and other flags made for the earl in 1437, is preserved. Some twenty years ago, when the French had an army of occupation in Syria, and their fleet and ours were lying amicably together at Beyrout, some of the English ships having occasion to practise the men with their rifles, put out their respective targets--which generally consisted of bits of old flags fastened to a stick, and stuck in a small cask anchored off at the required distance--and commenced firing.
    keywords: admiral; arms; army; banner; battle; blue; british; colours; cross; england; english; ensign; fig; flag; form; france; french; george; illustration; king; national; plate; queen; red; royal; scotland; sea; ship; standard; time; union; union flag; white
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        item: #4 of 6
          id: 39823
      author: Hamilton, Schuyler
       title: History of the National Flag of the United States of America
        date: None
       words: 23073
      flesch: 65
     summary: These extracts show the importance attached to _colors_ The kings, or _first_ color of every regiment, is to be the Great Union throughout.
    keywords: american; blue; british; colonies; colors; congress; constellation; cross; england; ensign; flag; general; red; standard; stars; states; time; union; union flag; united; united states; vol; white
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        item: #5 of 6
          id: 40113
      author: Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
       title: The Flags of the World: Their History, Blazonry, and Associations
        date: None
       words: 76030
      flesch: 63
     summary: Other flags were as follows:--white, with red lozenges; green, with golden wavy rays; orange, with white trefoils; in each case the Cross of St. George being in the canton. A plain white flag betokens fine weather and a plain blue one rain or snow, and there are various combinations of other flags that indicate direction, intensity, velocity and so forth.
    keywords: andrew; arms; badge; banner; battle; bearing; black; blue; borne; britain; british; case; centre; code; colours; company; country; cross; crown; day; device; eagle; empire; england; english; ensign; field; fig; figs; flag; flag device; form; france; french; general; george; golden; government; great; green; honour; ireland; king; kingdom; line; lion; men; merchant flag; national; navy; new; present; queen; red; regiment; royal; scotland; sea; second; service; shield; signal; sir; standard; stars; state; state flag; stripes; time; union flag; united; upper; use; vessels; war flag; white; white cross; year; yellow
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        item: #6 of 6
          id: 45498
      author: Cumberland, Barlow
       title: History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire
        date: None
       words: 75888
      flesch: 64
     summary: with the red ensign, an _additional_ flag on which might be shown the distinguishing badge or insignia of their colony, similarly as under James I. direction had been given to raise the separate national Jack of England or of Scotland at the same time as the King's Union Jack. No wonder that an English admiral of the narrow seas, hankering after his old St. George Jack, says, a few years afterwards, of this new flag: Though it may be more honour to both the kingdoms to be thus linked and united together, yet, in view of the spectators, it makes not so fair a show, if it would please His Majesty.
    keywords: admiral; andrew; arms; blue; britain; british; british union; canada; canadian; colonies; colours; cross; cross flag; crosses; day; emblem; empire; england; english jack; ensign; flag; form; french; george; george cross; george jack; government; great; ground; history; illustration; ireland; irish; jacks; james; king; majesty; national; nations; navy; new; parliament; people; queen; red; red cross; royal; seas; shall; ships; standard; states; subjects; time; union ensign; union flag; union jack; united; upper; use; war; white; white cross; | |
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