A HOLIDAY REMEMBRANCE PAR EXCELLENCE 



The First Salute to the Stars and Stripes: The French Fleet Officially Recognized the Flag of 



America on February 14, 1778 



Flags of the World 



BY COMMANDER BYRON McCANDLESS AND GILBERT GROSVENOR 



A handsomely bound volume of 150 pages, containing 1,200 flags, past and present, in 

 their full colors, 300 illustrations in black and white, the insignia of the uniformed 

 forces of the United States, the international flags in use on land and sea, together 

 with an epitomized history of each flag, and an authoritative story of the evolution and history 

 of the "Star Spangled Banner.'' 



In all the chronicles of civilization there was never a time when so many flags waved over armed forces 

 in the field as today. Above all, to us, our own beautiful banner has taken its place on the crest of the 

 wave of the titanic struggle to make the world safe to live in, and it has become a necessary part of our edu- 

 cation to know about flags. 



With its wonderful illustrations; with its first publication of the flags of the forty-eight States of the 

 United States, based on original research; with its descriptions of the uses of all the flags of all nations; 

 with its wealth of historical data relating to the evolution of flags, this volume is the most exhaustive, and 

 yet the most entertaining, work of its kind in existence. 



The Federal Government put all of its resources at the command of the National Geographic Society in 

 order to insure the correct reproduction of every military flag, past and present, in its proper design and 

 coloring. The same cooperation was given by the Embassies and Legations of all the friendly countries repre- 

 sented. No complete collection of Pan American flags hitherto published has been correct, and the same is 

 true of Asiatic flags. No other publication has shown all our State flags or embodied all the changes that have 

 been made in them during the past decade. 



This flag book is as authoritative as an official report, as delightful as fine fiction, and as beautifully 

 illustrated as a gem of the printing art can be. It has a place in every home and is a holiday gift par excel- 

 lence for youth and age, men and women. 



Obtainable only from our Washington Headquarters. 



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Dept. H, National Geographic Society, 



16th and M Streets, Washington, D. C. .1918 



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