The Dramatic Story of Old Glory
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A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press gave this paragraph as a portion of his story: "A corporal's guard was sent to the old man's house, where they 172 'OLD GLORY'' 173 ripped from the coverlet of his bed an immense flag containing a hundred and ten yards of bunting, and he brought it himself to the Capitol and unfurled it from the flagstaff. Then, with tears in his eyes, he said: 'There, those Texas Rangers have been hunting for that these six months, without finding it, and they knew I h...ad it. I have always said if I could see it float over that Capitol, I should have lived long enough. Now 'Old Glory' is up there, gentlemen, and I am ready to die. " Curiously, Captain William Driver, in naming the American Flag "Old Glory, " unwittingly echoed another sailor, John Kilby, a quarter-gunner under Paul Jones on the Bon Homme Richard^ who, in his memoirs, spoke of the Flag as "the glory of America. " XXXI Two Women, the Flag and the Book IN the early years of the nineteenth century two nations traveled in nearly parallel lines from the Atlantic to the Pacific, across the middle belt of North America.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press gave this paragraph as a portion of his story: "A corporal's guard was sent to the old man's house, where they 172 'OLD GLORY'' 173 ripped from the coverlet of his bed an immense flag containing a hundred and ten yards of bunting, and he brought it himself to the Capitol and unfurled it from the flagstaff. Then, with tears in his eyes, he said: 'There, those Texas Rangers have been hunting for that these six months, without finding it, and they knew I h...ad it. I have always said if I could see it float over that Capitol, I should have lived long enough. Now 'Old Glory' is up there, gentlemen, and I am ready to die. " Curiously, Captain William Driver, in naming the American Flag "Old Glory, " unwittingly echoed another sailor, John Kilby, a quarter-gunner under Paul Jones on the Bon Homme Richard^ who, in his memoirs, spoke of the Flag as "the glory of America. " XXXI Two Women, the Flag and the Book IN the early years of the nineteenth century two nations traveled in nearly parallel lines from the Atlantic to the Pacific, across the middle belt of North America.
What to read after The Dramatic Story of Old Glory?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Samuel Abbott to read onlineMoreLess
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