West Point Flag Shrine Stores Flags of Nation’s History
The West Point museum houses flags spanning American history from the Revolution to the Mexican and Civil Wars. Notable pieces include Hessian and British colors, Yorktown relics, Longstreet and Pickett banners, and the famed Ellsworth flag’s contested origin, all illustrating flags carried by key figures and regiments.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States
Ar Street
Elizabeth Griecom Ross
Betsy Hoss
Fort McHenry
Maryland
Francis Scott Key
National Museum
Washington
Old City
Nashville
Teon
William Driver
New England
United States Military Academy
West Point
Trenton
George Washington
Ansbach-Bayreuth
Yorktown
Cornwallis
Seventh Royal Fusiliers
Seventh
Royal Fusiliers
Fort Chambly
Anthony” Wayne
Stony Point
New York
New York City as a modern towering world of glass and activity
An expansive National Geographic prepared portrait of New York City highlighting its skyscrapers and relentless pace. The piece extols Manhattan’s nocturnal illumination, the vertiginous ascent of towers from 18 to 85 stories, vast worker crowds, subterranean transit catacombs, and a dynamic landscape where old landmarks give way to rapid construction and urban evolution.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNY Service
Manhattan
Acropolis
Ming Tombs
Taj Mahal
Gibraltar
Panama Canal
Tower of Babel
Grand Canyon
Yangtze Gorges
Cologne Cathedral
Ikes Peak
St. Peter's
Sahara
New York
Long Island
Statue of Liberty
Staten’ Island
New Jersey
Central Park
Mid-Manhattan
Broadway
Ipkyacraper
pleyator _cay
New Yorker
Troy
Waldorf-Astoris
Empire State Building
Riverside Drive
Grant
Fifth Avenue
Fin
Fifty-ninth Street
Paris
Chicago
Siamotte
Ehmens
Fire Loss on Farms Estimated at Seven Million
Department of Agriculture estimates annual farm fire loss from petroleum products at about 7.5 million dollars. To cut waste, bulletins are issued to farmers with dangers of careless handling and guidance on safe storage of kerosene and gasoline.
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Department of Agriculture
Sunshades Used to Protect Saplings in Germany
Arborists provide sunshades for young trees in Germany. Netting on a wooden frame shields saplings from harsh sunlight on the south side. Since usage began, trees show unusually rapid growth.
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Germany
Battlefield Will Filed for Probate by Wounded Philadelphia Soldier
A will written on a wartime battlefield in France by Philadelphia soldier Henry J. Keckhut, mortally wounded in action, is filed for probate. He died September 17, 1918 at St. Michiel after the American offensive and left war risk insurance of 2500 dollars to his mother and sister.
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France
Philadelphia
Register of Wills
Henry J. Keckhut
St. Michiel
Soldier raids quarter, captures documents amid Hindenburg defense claim
In August 1918 a single soldier raided a headquarters and captured documents. The raid is linked by some to the Hindenburg defense and Allied advantages. The author wonders who deserves credit for the action.
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Gt 'Doldier
Hindenburg
Igegjen
Coiller
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Pickett
Gettysburg
Légion
Sheridan
Cavalry
First Division
Cavalry Corps
Fifth Cavalry
Ephriam Elmer Hlisworth
Marshall House
Alexandria
Hillseworth
Ellsworth
United States Missouri Volunteer Infantry
Shiloh
Beem
Military Academy
Farquy
Col. Crite
Wright
Giese Chis
Sheng
Mighty Gotham
Mae
Indo-China
Itchen Lenzer
Katie Dle
F.E. Rollins CO
Eagle Saree
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