FLAG 



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FLAG 



Hats off ! Along the street there comes 

 A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums ; 

 And loyal hearts are beating high : 

 Hats off ! The flag is passing by ! 



How to Make a Flag. Teachers can provide 

 an interesting and instructive exercise for their 

 classes by having them make an American 

 flag. A banner 9 feet 9 inches long and 6 feet 

 6 inches wide is one of convenient size, and 

 the proportions, two-thirds as wide as long, 



CORRECT PROPORTIONS OF UNITED 

 STATES FLAG 



are the same as those prescribed by United 

 States army regulations (see diagram). The 

 field of the union should be 3 feet 9 inches 

 by 3 feet 6 inches, the stripes 6 inches wide. 

 At the back there will be a canvas binding 

 2^4 inches wide. 



The following materials are required: 8 yards 

 of red bunting and 8 yards of white bunting, 

 for the alternate red and white stripes; 3>V% 

 yards of blue bunting, for the blue field, or 

 union; 2 yards of stout white muslin for the 

 stars; % yard of canvas, 2 harness rings, 2 

 spools of white thread. 



In making the diagram for the union, the 

 length of the blue field should be divided into 

 eighths and the width into sixths, which will 

 give forty-eight oblong sections in which to 

 sew the stars; there will be six rows of eight 

 stars each. To mark the centers, make a pat- 

 tern of one oblong and punch a small hole in 



the center. Then lay the pattern on each 

 oblong and chalk the center. Full directions 

 for making a five-pointed star, with illustrative 

 diagrams, may be found in the article STAR. 

 Before stitching a star to the blue field, over- 

 cast it with a close stitch and baste it on both 

 sides of the blue. The stitching is done from 

 point to point through the center of the star. 



In cutting the cloth for the stripes, allow 

 one-half inch for seams and one inch for a 

 hem at the end of the flag. Plan to have the 

 two outside red stripes selvage. Two harness 

 rings % inch in diameter are placed in the 

 canvas strip 1 inch from the end, and at each 

 back corner, where the rings are placed, the 

 flag should be enforced by an extra piece of 

 bunting, stitched flat, like a patch. Lay the 

 harness rings on the canvas and mark the inside 

 circle. Then cut the goods from the center of 

 the circle to the mark in three or four places, 

 and turn back on the ring, buttonholing over 

 with stout linen thread. 



Flag-Day Program. A program along the 

 line of the one following, which has been 

 approved by the educational authorities of 

 New York state, will be found appropriate for 

 the celebration of flag day in the public 

 schools : 



1. Chorus The Star Spangled Banner Key 



2. Declamation The Stars and Stripes. .Sumner 



3. Essay The Story of the American Flag. 



4. Recitation The American Flag Drake 



5. Chorus Battle Hymn of the Republic. . Howe 



6. Essay What the Flag Stands For. 



7. Declamation The Man Without a 



Country Hale 



8. Chorus Hail Columbia Hopkinson 



9. Recitation The Blue and the Gray. . . .Finch 



10. Declamation Gettysburg Speech . . . .Lincoln 



11. Chorus Tenting on the Old Camp 



Ground Smith 



12. Salute to the Flag by the School. 



13. Chorus America Smith 



State Flags. In connection with the article 

 UNITED STATES there will be found two pages 

 printed in color, showing forty state flags of 

 the American Union. 



Flags of the British Empire 



The Union Jack. 



It's only a small bit of bunting, 



It's only an old colored rag, 

 Yet thousands have died for its honour 



And shed their best blood for the flag. 



It's charged with the cross of Saint Andrew, 

 Which, of old, Scotland's heroes has led ; 



It carries the cross of Saint Patrick, 

 For which Ireland's bravest have bled. 



Joined with these is our old English ensign, 

 Saint George's red cross on white field, 



Round which, from King Richard to Wolseley, 

 Britons conquer or die, but ne'er yield. 



It flutters triumphant o'er ocean, 

 As free as the winds and the waves ; 



And bondsmen, from shackles unloosened, 

 'Neath its shadow no longer are slaves. 





