Origins of the Stars and Sihripes Banner in American history
A compact look at how the Stars and Stripes emerged from flags and symbols across centuries. It traces St. George’s cross in Cabot’s banner, the Union Jack, Dutch banners, and nine to ten stripe contemporaries, leading to the 1775-1777 starry design and eventual flag codification.
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
Dutch West India Co
Netherlands
Rotterdam
English East India Company
America
Washington
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Light Horse
Newark
N. J
Lee
Manley
Massachusetts
Hopkins
Nancy
Hope
Rhode Island
Brandywine
Trenton
Yorktown
Colonies
Flags of the Revolution and the Stars and Stripes
A compact survey traces American flags from the pine tree and rattlesnake banners of the Revolution to the 13 star flag and the 1777 Stars and Stripes. It covers the grand union flag, Jones’s ships, and later 1818 and 1912 rules for star layouts.
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Henry Mosier
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
Interstate Commerce Commission and Railroads Face Readjustment
The Interstate Commerce Commission will confront hard choices in years ahead as railroads seek higher revenue while shippers demand lower rates and labor presses for normal wages. The commission has broad authority to set, suspend, and regulate rates, routes, and financing, with powers to enforce through routes, joint rates, and through-route orders, plus oversight over equipment and bonds. A 1983 note reflects on historical measures from the Mann Elkins and Transportation Acts advancing consolidation plans toward a few large regional systems amid ongoing railroad restructuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Winstein
St. Louis
Denver
Congress
Commission
Transportation Act
United States
Lusitania Victim Found Alive After Eight Years
Geneva New York Mary Thompson thirty nine long mourned for eight years as one of the Lusitania victims has been found alive. A sister received a letter believed mistaken but investigation shows Thompson was alive in Atlantic City. She had considered boarding the ship for war work but later abandoned the trip unaware of the presumed death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
N. Y
Mary Thompson
Atlantic City
Miss Thompson
Three Dogs Live High These Days
In Toledo Ohio three dogs and their human owners are cited for bravery and cleverness. A police dog pulled Mrs Edith Davis to safety from a creek aiding her son Howard Davis. Another dog guided a man home after a wagon crash and a spark note saved a life. A missing $50 bag was recovered when a setter retrieved it from a pointer dog, proving the daring animals helped recover the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Ugo
Colo
Petersburg
Edith Davis
Howard Davis
J. S. Moore
Petersburgy
Telltale Bells in Parliament Spy on Wives’ Schedules
London reports 22 MPs install bells at home to signal house rise and voting times so wives know when their husbands will be at the front door. Mrs Mander notes bells ring for testing at 9 45 am, during chairing at 2 45 pm, and at each rise and vote. She jokes clocks are set by it.
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London
England
Geoffrey Mander
M. P
Wolverhampton
He Takes Sidewalk and House When He Moves in Gary
George Filgutt moved from Gary to Chicago leaving only a concrete lined basement. Officials puzzled as he owed for special assessments and a mortgage for foreclosure loomed. Three weeks passed as he moved the family, then hoisted the house onto rollers, rolled it down the street, and removed cement slabs of the sidewalk.
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Gary
Ind
George Filgutt
Chicago
Board of Works
Filgutt
California Poodle Dog Adopts Orphaned Rabbit
A Bakersfield woman reports her female poodle adopted an orphaned baby jackrabbit found on Lerdo mesa during a family drive. The pair romp happily at Mrs. W. G. Towner’s Bakersfield home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Bakersfield
Calif
W. G. Towner
Lerdo Mesa
Policeman Arrests His Brother Then Father in Court
In Somerville New Jersey Patrolman Fred Sixt Jr arrested his own brother on a manslaughter charge after a car killed a woman. He later faced arresting his father Harold Sixt for careless driving as Recorder Durham ruled the summons valid despite the elder Sixt’s objection.
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Somerville
N. J
Fred Sixt, Jr
Harold Sixt
Durham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sihripes
Elmo Scott Watson
United States Marine Corps
Federal Building
Hack Miller
Marion
Guides
Culpepper
Georgia Rangers
Journal of Congress
Navy
Samuel Chester Reid
Congressional Committee
John Rogers
Navy Commissioners
Navy Department
Army
Taft
Western Newspaper Union
William Bruckart
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