Patriot´s Day Celebration at Cambridge, Mass;, April 19th, 1921
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Excerpt from Patriot´s Day Celebration at Cambridge, Mass;, April 19th, 1921: Also an Address on the True American Flag (our First National Emblem and Standard) The Cambridge Flag A new national flag. representing their hopes and aspirations. was to shape anew the destiny of mankind, and, in the light of what has since occurred, in the pages of history, the world is vastly better off, in every way, for the events of that date. For, under the providence of God, our flag today is now the Symbol of the power and glory of one hundred and ten millions of people. from every race and creed under the sun. Wherever it is unfurled, it represents our ideals of freedom and democracy, of government of the people. by the people, and for the people; and. since the late world war. it is now become the hope of all humanity. It was in this year 1775, immediately following the Battle of Lexington and Cambridge, that John Adams, of Massachusetts, practically nominated General George Washington of Virginia, Commander-in-Chief of the first American army, that had just begun to assemble here on Cambridge Common. Washington lost no time in reaching Cambridge Arriving here on July 2nd, on the following day he took command of his little army, under the Washington Elm. To reach an intelligent understanding regarding the needs of the new army, the Continental Congress. on September 30. 1775. appointed a committee of three members: Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia. Thomas Lynch of South Carolina, Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, to proceed at once to Cambridge and then and there to confer with the Commander-in-Chief. The records of this Conference have been pre-served and arc a matter of history, according to Horace E. Scudder. page 91, in "The Cambridge of 1776." "After due deliberation. they arrived at the conclusion, that the new national flag must be one which will now recognize our loyalty to Great Britain and at the same time announce our United suit and demand for our rights as British Subjects." The design that his committee submitted was composed of thirteen alternate red and white stripes to symbolize the union of the thirteen colonies. The committee was in Conference will General Washington from October 18 to October 22, 1775, and they left Cambridge in time to reach Philadelphia early in November to submit their report to Congress. Meanwhile. the Commander-in-Chief. acting on his own initiative, on the second day of January. 1776. hoisted over his headquarters, in camp, the new flag that was afterwards known as the "Cambridge flag" or "Grand Union flag"-the first American flag that ever existed. This Grand Union flag or Cambridge flag was the first flag that represented the thirteen united colonies of America. It remained the official Standard of that Confederation until that was merged into the United States of America and, for nearly two years or more, it was the national ensign of the new republic. It consisted of thirteen stripes. red and white, alternating, with the Union Jack on a blue ground in the corner. The design of this flag came within one step of being the star spangled banner that we have today, it will be noted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of suc
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