Admiral Lyon Hero of Trenton and Dolphin Feats
Rear Admiral Henry Ware Lyon, famed for saving the Trenton amid the Samoan hurricane, coordinated rigging duties as the Star Spangled Banner sounded. His Dolphin service in the Spanish War included night sorties against fortifications at Santiago and Guantanamo Bay, clearing torpedoes with a paired-boat method.
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Ashington
Henry Ware Lyon
Navy
Trenton
South Pacific
Washington
Peas
Dewey
Manila
Admiral Lyon
Lyon
Farquhar
Dolphin
Sampson
Santiago
Guantanamo
Cusco
Guantanamo Bay
Maclay
United States Navy
Flag Day at Hand: Rise of the Stars and Stripes
The article traces the flag’s evolution from the rattlesnake silk banner of 1775 to the 15 stripe form that inspired The Star Spangled Banner. It notes John Paul Jones’s early hoisting of stars and stripes, women’s contributions, Wendover’s 1816 reform effort, Reid’s 1818 flag, and the Bedford flag’s Concord link.
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John Paul Jones
United States
America
Portsmouth
N. H
National Museum
Ranger
Hornet
Baltimore
Joshua Barney
Francis Scott Key
Peter H. Wendover
New York City
Wendover
Congress
Samuel C. Reid
New York
Reid
Cherry Street
Senate
Oklahoma
Philippines
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Eastport
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bedford
Gage
Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Old North Bridge
Nathaniel Page, Jr
Minute Men
Gallant deeds of Admiral McCalla and fellow sailors in early wars
The article lauds Rear Admiral McCalla and Rear Admiral Lyon for heroism in naval actions. It recounts McCalla’s cable cutting at Cuba, the Marblehead and Nashville crews enduring fire to sever enemy cables, and Winslow Volz Reagan Kuchmeister Hendrickson among those wounded. It notes McCalla’s later Tientsin service and honors, ending with his life in Santa Barbara.
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Lyon
Bowman Hendry McCalla
McCalla
Tientsin
China
Admiral McCalla
Colon
Panama
Blue Jackets
Marblehead
Cuba
Cienfuegos Harbor
Nashville
Colorados Point
Anderson
Lieut
Winslow
Robert Volz
Patrick Reagan
Herman W. Kuchmeister
Harry Hendrickson
Volz
Tien-tsin
Santa Barbara
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Lionizing
Eadward
Clarks
WA. Patter SC
By Marie Everton Woodrufrp
Fis Mander Lyon
William C. Cole
Yates Stirling, Jr
Santiago Harbor
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