Origins of the Stars and Stripes
ELMO SCOTT WATSON traces the flag’s origins from St. George’s cross and the Union Jack through Dutch and English banners to the Stars and Stripes. He notes flag evolution before 1777, including the 1775 Lee schooner flag and the 13-star blue canton, with later regional uses in battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Congress
United States
North American
St. George’s Cross
England
Giovanni Cabot
John Cabot
North America
John Smith
Jamestown
Plymouth
Mass
Scotland
James
United Kingdoms
St. George
St. Andrew
Jacques
Netherlands
Rotterdam
English East India Company
America
New World
Washington
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Light Horse
Newark
N. J
Lee
Manley
Massachusetts
Hopkins
Nancy
Hope
Rhode Island
Brandywine
Trenton
Yorktown
Bight
Flags of the Revolution and the Stars and Stripes Origin
A detailed survey of early American flags from the pine tree to the rattlesnake and the 13 and 15 star banners. It covers how the grand union flag evolved, Jones and the Ranger, and the 1818 and 1912 star arrangements with state-order mapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mosler
New York
Yorktown
Yale University Press
Vermont
Kentucky
United States Marines
John Paul Jones
Philadelphia
Washington
Cambridge
Congress
Grand Union
Marine Committee
Newburyport
Mass
Massachusetts Council
Continental Congress
Marion
Guides
Culpepper
Georgia Rangers
Journal of Congress
Navy
Samuel Chester Reid
Congressional Committee
Commodore John Rogers
Navy Commissioners
Navy Department
Army
Taft
Kashmir Vale Full of Charm and Cheap Spasms of Travel
National Geographic notes Kashmir Valley as a famed hill retreat in the lower Himalayas. Srinagar hosts houseboats, wooden houses along the Jhelum, and bustling bazaars with dhobis and khansamans. English influence grows via officers and missions, while native crafts wane. pashmina and puttoo fabrics remain prized but rarer old shawls survive in museums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Vale of Kashmir
India
Himalayas
Indian
Punjab
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
Bombay
Delhi
Lahore
Rawalpindi
British India
Tret
Kashmir
Pir Panjual Pass
Ahista
Baramula
Vale of
Jhelum
Thames
Mangi
Khitmatgar
Bhisti
Khansaman
Mali
Shalimar Gardens
Mohamad Jhan
Jhan’s
Sahib
Merits of Dried and Sweet Milk
A dietetic expert explains that evaporated and dried milk retain most nutrition and digestibility is improved by processing. Milk remains essential across life, with evaporated milk useful in cooking and desserts, and gelatine speeding whipping time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydian Roberts
University of Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Ohn
P. E. Gardner
Worcester
Mass
Queen and Parliament on Ancient St Kilda Island
Two curiosities of St Kilda noted its self styled queen and a daily open air parliament. A mainland domestic worker became queen by jest then her daughter inherited the title, while the island’s parliament settled tasks by trays of lots or agreement, in a friendly communal routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Kilda
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmo Scott Watson
United States Marine Corps
Federal Building
A Century of Progress
Chicago
Hack Miller
Western Newspaper Union
Kashmir Vale
West
St. Kilda’s
Dr. Pierce
Celesta M. Firecoat
No. 17Th St
Omaha
Buffalo
N. Yo
Needle Guild
43Rd St
Brooklyn
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