tell how I found out that he was made and finished at last. It was when
I went back to see my mother once more and, wandering about the country
of my childhood's memories, had come to the city of Elsinore There I
fell ill of a fever and lay many weeks in the house of a friend upon
the shore of the beautiful Oeresund. One day when the fever had left
me they rolled my bed into a room overlooking the sea. The sunlight
danced upon the waves, and the distant mountains of Sweden were blue
against the horizon. Ships passed under full sail up and down the
great waterway of the nations. But the sunshine and the peaceful day
bore no message to me. I lay moodily picking at the coverlet, sick
and discouraged and sore--I hardly knew why myself. Until all at once
there sailed past, close in shore, a ship flying at the top the flag
of freedom, blown out on the breeze till every star in it shone bright
and clear. That moment I knew. Gone were illness, discouragement and
gloom! Forgotten weakness and suffering, the cautions of doctor and
nurse. I sat up in bed and shouted, laughed and cried by turns, waving
my handkerchief to the flag out there. They thought I had lost my head,
but I told them no, thank God! I had found it, and my heart, too, at
last. I knew then it was my flag; that my children's home was mine,
indeed; that I also had become an American in truth. And I thanked God,
and, like unto the man sick of the palsy, arose from my bed and went
home, healed.
_Jacob A. Riis_
From "The Making of an American"
THE FLAG GOES BY
Hats off!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky:
Hats off!
The flag is passing by!
Blue and crimson and white it shines,
Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines.
Hats off!
The colors before us fly;
But more than the flag is passing by.
Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and great,
Fought to make and to save the State:
Weary marches and sinking ships;
Cheers of victory on dying lips;
Days of plenty and years of peace;
March of a strong land's swift increase;
Equal justice, right and law,
Stately honor and reverend awe;
Sign of a nation, great and strong
To ward her people from foreign wrong;
Pride and glory and honor--all
Live in the colors to stand or fall.
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!
_Henry Holcomb Bennett_
RULES FOR FLAG ETIQUETTE
In no case should the flag be permitted to touch the ground, nor should
it be marred by advertisements, nor desecrated on the stage.
For indoor decorations the flag should only be used as a drapery; it
should not be used to cover a bench or table, or where anything can be
placed upon the flag.
No words, figures, pictures or marks of any kind should be placed upon
the flag.
When our national flag and state or other flags fly together, or are
used in decoration, our national flag should be on the right.
Whenever possible the flag should always be allowed to fly in the
breeze from a staff or mast, but if it should be necessary to fasten
it to the side of a building or platform, it should hang with the blue
field at the upper left hand corner. If hung where it can be seen from
both sides, the blue field should be toward the east or north.
The correct salute to the flag as required by the regulations of the
United States army is:
Standing at attention, raise the right hand to the forehead over the
right eye, palm downward, fingers extended and close together, arm at
an angle of forty-five degrees. Move hand outward about a foot, with a
quick motion, then drop it to the side.
The oath of allegiance to the flag, adopted by the N. S. D. A. R., and
by our military schools, the Boy Scouts and other organizations, and
which should be taught in all our public schools is:
"I pledge allegiance to my flag, and to the Republic for which it
stands: one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
When the colors are passing on parade or in review, the spectator
should, if a man or boy, stand at attention and uncover.
When the "Star Spangled Banner" is played, all present should rise and
stand at attention until the ending.
When the flag is displayed at half mast, for mourning, it is lowered to
that position from the top of the staff. It is afterward hoisted to the
top before it is finally lowered.
When the flag is flown at half staff as a sign of mourning it should be
hoisted to full staff at the conclusion of the funeral.
When used on a bier or casket at a funeral, the stars should be placed
at the head.
Our most important holidays (when the flag should be displayed at full
staff) are: Lincoln's Birthday, February 12; Washington's Birthday,
February 22; Arbor Day; Memorial Day, May 30; Flag Day, June 14;
Independence Day, July 4; Columbus Day, October 12; Thanksgiving Day,
and State Day.
The flag should not be hoisted before sunrise or allowed to remain up
after sunset.
At "retreat," sunset, civilian spectators should stand at "attention"
and the men should remove their hats during the playing of the "Star
Spangled Banner." Military spectators are required by regulation to
stand at "attention" and give the military salute.
When the national colors are passing on parade, or in review,
spectators should, if walking, halt, and if sitting, rise and stand at
attention, the men removing their hats.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
See Bibliography at end of monograph.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
KATHARINE B. ROGERS, REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, STATE LIBRARY
HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS IN GENERAL
=Armstrong, W. C.= Patriotic poems of New Jersey. New Jersey Society
Sons of the American Revolution
=Bacon, Corinne=, _comp._ One thousand good books for children.
Wilson[J]
[J] This bibliography contains references to books and parts of books
for the different holidays.
=Bates, E. W. & Orr, W.= Pageants and pageantry. Ginn
=Bemis, K. I., Holtz, M. S. & Smith, H. L.= Patriotic reader. Houghton
=Broadhurst, Jean & Rhodes, Clara L.= Verse for patriots. Lippincott
=Chambers, R.= Book of days. Lippincott
=Chubb, Percival.= Festivals and plays. Harper
=Craig, Mrs. A. A.= The dramatic festival. Putnam
=Davis, H. C.= _ed._ Three minute declamations for college men. Hinds
=Davis, H. C.= _ed._ Three minute readings for college girls. Hinds
=Deems, E. M.= Holy-days and holidays. Funk
=Dynes, S. A.= Socializing the child. Silver Burdette (Chapters VII
and VIII for teachers' reading)
=Horsford, I. M.= Stories of our holidays. Silver Burdette
=Mackay, C. D.= How to produce children's plays. Holt
=Mackay, C. D.= Patriotic plays and pageants. Holt
=Mackay, C. D.= Plays of the pioneers. Harper
=McSpadden, J. W.= Book of holidays. Crowell
=Needham, M. M.= Folk festivals. Huebsch
=Olcott, F. J.= _ed._ Good stories for great holidays. Moffat
=One= hundred and one famous poems. Cable
=Patten, H. P.= The year's festivals. Estes
=Paulsson, Emilie.= Holidays songs and everyday songs and games.
Milton Bradley Co.
=Rice, S. S.= Holiday selections. Penn
=Schauffler, R. H.= _ed._ Our American holiday series. Moffat
Separate volumes on Arbor Day, Flag Day, Lincoln's Birthday,
Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Washington's Birthday
=Stevenson, B. E.= Days and deeds. Baker & Taylor
=Stevenson, B. E.= Home book of verse. Holt
=Thorp, J. & Kimball, R.= Patriotic pageants of today. Holt
=Watkins, D. E. & Williams, R. E.= The forum of democracy. Allyn
OPENING EXERCISES
=McNaught, M. S.= Training in courtesy. (U. S. Bureau of Education
bulletin no. 59, 1917)
COLUMBUS DAY
=Brooks, E. S.= The true story of Christopher Columbus. Lothrop
=Colombo, Fernando.= The discovery of America; from the Life of
Columbus by his son. (Old South Leaflets, vol. 2, no. 29)
=Fiske, John.= The discovery of America. 2 vols. Houghton
=Irving, Washington.= Columbus; his life and voyages. (Heroes of the
Nation Series)
=Mackie, C. P.= With the Admiral of the ocean sea; a narrative of the
first voyage to the western world, drawn mainly from the diary
of Columbus. McClurg
=Moores, C. W.= Life of Christopher Columbus for boys and girls.
Houghton
=Seelye, Mrs. E. E.= The story of Columbus. Appleton
=Trenton State Normal School--Junior Class.= Columbus Day; a dramatic
festival. (Manuscript at Trenton State Normal School Library)
=Winsor, Justin.= Christopher Columbus, and how he received and
imparted the spirit of discovery. Houghton
THANKSGIVING DAY
=Kellogg, A. M.= How to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. Penn
=Schauffler, R. H.= _ed._ Thanksgiving. Moffat
=Schell, S.= Thanksgiving celebrations. Werner.
=Sindelar, J. C.= Thanksgiving entertainments. Flanagan.
=Trenton State Normal School.= Thanksgiving Day. Crowell Publishing
Co. (Woman's Home Companion)
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
=Andrews, Mary R. S.= The perfect tribute. Scribner
=Arnold, I. N.= Life of Abraham Lincoln. McClurg
=Baldwin, James.= Four great Americans, Washington, Franklin,
Webster, Lincoln. American Book Co.
=Brooks, E. S.= The true story of Abraham Lincoln. Lothrop
=Brooks, Noah.= Abraham Lincoln, and the downfall of American
slavery. Putnam
=Coffin, C. C.= Abraham Lincoln. Harper
=Gordy, W. F.= Abraham Lincoln. Scribner
=Hill, F. T.= Lincoln, the lawyer. Houghton
=MacKaye, Percy.= Lincoln centenary ode. Macmillan
=Moores, C. W.= Life of Abraham Lincoln for boys and girls. Houghton
=Morgan, James.= Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man. Macmillan
=Morse, J. T.= Abraham Lincoln. 2 vols. Houghton
=Nicolay, J. G.= Boy's life of Abraham Lincoln. Century
=Nicolay, J. G.= Short life of Abraham Lincoln. Century
=Nicolay, J. G. & Hay, John.= Abraham Lincoln. 10 vols. Century
=Nicolay, J. G. & Hay, John.= Complete works of Abraham Lincoln. 2
vols. Century
=Putnam, M. L.= Children's life of Abraham Lincoln. McClurg
=Robinson, L. E.= Abraham Lincoln as a man of letters. Reilly
=Rothschild, Alonzo.= Lincoln, master of men. Lane
=Schauffler, R. H.= _ed._ Lincoln's Birthday. Moffat
=Schurz, Carl.= Abraham Lincoln. Houghton
=Selby, Paul.= Anecdotal Lincoln. Thompson
=Tarbell, I. M.= Life of Abraham Lincoln. 2 vols. Doubleday
=Whipple, Wayne.= The story-life of Lincoln. Winston
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
=Brooks, E. S.= The true story of George Washington. Lothrop
=Carrington, H. B.= Washington, the soldier. Scribner
=Ford, P. L.= The true George Washington. Lippincott
=Ford, W. C.= George Washington. Small
=Hapgood, Norman.= George Washington. Macmillan
=Haworth, P. L.= George Washington: farmer. Bobbs-Merrill
=Headley, J. T.= Washington and his generals. Scribner
=Hill, F. T.= On the trail of Washington. Appleton
=Irving, Washington.= Life of George Washington. 8 vols. Putnam
=Irving, Washington.= Washington and his country. ("Life" abridged
for schools) Ginn
=Kellogg, A. M.= How to celebrate Washington's Birthday. Penn
=Lodge, H. C.= George Washington. 2 vols. Houghton
=MacKaye, Percy.= Washington, the man who made us. Knopf
=Schauffler, R. H.= _ed._ Washington's birthday. Moffat
=Scudder, H. E.= George Washington. Houghton
=Seawell, M. E.= Virginia cavalier. Harper
=Seelye, Mrs. E. E.= Story of Washington. Appleton
=Sindelar, J. C.= Washington day entertainments. Flanagan.
=Trent, W. P.= Southern statesmen of the old régime. Crowell
=van Dyke, Henry.= Americanism of Washington. Harper
=Whipple, Wayne.= Story-life of Washington. 2 vols. Winston
ARBOR DAY
=Revell, E. I.= Arbor Day exercises for the schoolroom. Educational
Publishing Co.
=Schauffler, R. H.= _ed._ Arbor Day. Moffat
=Skinner, C. R.= Arbor Day manual. Bardeen
MEMORIAL DAY
=Andrews, M. P.= The American's creed and its meaning. Doubleday
=Hale, E. E.= The man without a country
=Revell, E. I.= Memorial Day exercises for the schoolroom.
Educational Publishing Co.
=Schauffler, R. H.= _ed._ Memorial Day. Moffat
=United States Committee on Public Information.= Battle line of
democracy
FLAG DAY
=Canby, George & Balderston, Lloyd.= Evolution of the American flag.
Ferris & Leach
=Harrison, P. D.= The stars and stripes and other American flags.
Little, Brown & Co.
=Holden, E. S.= Our country's flag and the flags of foreign
countries. Appleton
=Ide, E. K.= History and significance of the American flag.
(Published by the author)
=National Geographic Magazine.= Flag number, October 1917
=Preble, G. H.= History of the flag of the United States of America,
and other national flags. Williams
=Schauffler, R. H.= _ed._ Flag Day. Moffat
=Schell, Stanley.= Flag Day program. Werner
=Stewart, C. W.= The stars and stripes. Boylston Publishing Co.
=Tappan, E. M.= Little book of the flag. Houghton
=U. S. Navy Department.= Flags of the maritime nations
INDEX
Adams, John, 107
Address to America, Walt Whitman, 54
After the great companions, Frank Crane, 134
America, William Cullen Bryant, 55
America's answer, R. W. Lillard, 138
Arbor Day, 109-24
Babcock, Maltbie D., 23
Bailey, 22
Baker, George C., 125
Battle hymn of the republic, Julia Ward Howe, 132
Beecher, Henry Ward, 88, 142
Bennett, Henry Holcomb, 156
Bibliography, Katharine B. Rogers, 159-64
Bixby letter, Abraham Lincoln, 82
Blue and the Gray, The, Francis Miles Finch, 130
Boy Columbus, The, 44
Boy that hungered for knowledge, The, 86
Bridges, Madeline S., 22
Bryant, William Cullen, 55
Bryce, James, 107
Butterworth, Hezekiah, 49
Campbell, Mary R., 40
Cat and his servant, The, Alice Lewis, 31
Chastelleux, Marquis, 108
Chew, Hannah H., 141-58
Choate, Rufus, 107
Civility, selections from rules of, 99
Collins, William, 126
Columbus, Christopher, A dreamer they called him, 42
Columbus and the egg, 45
Columbus dared to cross the sea, 41
Columbus sailed over waters blue, 36
Columbus was a sailor bold, 39
Crowning Columbus, 37
Discovery Day, 41
I'll wave my flag for Discovery Day, 38
My beautiful flag, 38
My little ship, 38
We are jolly little sailors, 36
What we can do, 37
Columbus, Joaquin Miller, 52
Columbus Day, Fitchburg (Massachusetts) Normal School, 45;
J. Cayce Morrison, 33-57
Columbus game, 38
Columbus play, Mary R. Campbell, 40
Cotton, history of, Bessie O'Hagen, 28
Courtesy is to do and say, 22
Crane, Frank, 134
Davis, K. C., 121
Depew, Chauncey Mitchell, 50
Discovery Day, 41
Discovery of America, Washington Irving, 49
Dresser, Florence L., 150
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 54, 60
Fabricant, Josephine M., 135
Farber, Florence L., 24
Finch, Francis Miles, 130
Fitchburg (Massachusetts) Normal School, 45
Flag, American, brief history of, Edward S. Holden, 145
Flag, story about, 155
Flag Day, Hannah H. Chew, 141-58
Flag etiquette, rules for, 157
Flag goes by, Henry Holcomb Bennett, 156
Flag of Spain, 42
Folsom, Joseph Fulford, 84
Forests, value of, U. S. Bureau of Education, 123
Foster, Henry W., 89
Froude, James Anthony, 23
Gaskill, Alfred, 112
Gettysburg Speech, Abraham Lincoln, 79
Gordon, Charles C., 139
Gordon, John B., 133
Green, J. R., 90, 96
Gregg, David, 134
Guitteau, William Backus, 56
Hale, Edward Everett, 50
Hamilton grove, planting of, Charles A. Philhower, 119
Harte, Bret, 129
Haver, Jennie, 13
Hay, John, 134
Hazard, Caroline, 56
Holden, Edward S., 145
Houghton, George W. W., 53
Howe, Julia Ward, 132
Howlister, Mary, 153
I have a son, Emory Pottle, 136
If you have faith, 23
Immortal morn, Hezekiah Butterworth, 49
In Flanders Fields, John McCrae, 138
Irving, Washington, 49, 53
Jusserand, J. J., 94
Kendall, C. N., 7, 9, 111, 112
Key, Francis Scott, 155
Kilmer, Joyce, 110
Kindness is catching, 23
Kipling, Rudyard, 131
Lane, Franklin K., 139, 147
Lee, Henry, 107
Lewis, Alice, 31
Lillard, R. W., 138
Lincoln, Abraham, 79, 82, 96
Lincoln, Acrostic, 84
Lincoln and Judge B. ... swap horses, 87
Lincoln's autobiography, 81
Lincoln's Birthday, Charles A. Philhower, 69-88
Lincoln's honesty, 86
Lincoln's humor, 87
Lincoln's kindness of heart, 86
Lincoln's speeches, sayings from, 82
Logan, John A., 134
London Newspaper, 108
Lossing, Benson J., 52
Lowell, James Russell, 34
McCrae, John, 138
McSpadden, J. Walker, 97
Makers of the flag, Franklin K. Lane, 147
Memorial Day, George C. Baker, 125-39
Miller, Joaquin, 52
Montanye, Carleton S., 150
Morning exercises, Florence L. Farber, 24;
Jennie Haver, 13
Morrison, J. Cayce, 33
Name of Old Glory, James Whitcomb Riley, 148
Nesbit, Wilbur D., 153
O Captain, my Captain, Walt Whitman, 83
O'Hagen, Bessie, 28
Old Flag, Hubbard Parker, 151
On a portrait of Columbus, George Edward Woodberry, 54
Opening exercises, 11-32;
---- Louis H. Burch, 13
Our country's flag, Florence L. Dresser, 150
Our flag, Mary Howlister, 153
Our national ideals, William Backus Gitteau, 56
Parker, Hubbard, 151
Philhower, Charles A., 69, 119
Pottle, Emory, 136
Recessional, Rudyard Kipling, 131
Reveille, The, Bret Harte, 129
Riis, Jacob A., 156
Riley, James Whitcomb, 148
Rogers, Katharine B., 159
Sailor, story of, 96
Sears, Clara Endicott, 152
Second inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln, 79
Service flag, The, Josephine M. Fabricant, 135
Service flag, The, U. S. Bulletin, 135
Shaffer, Roy L., 59-67
Shakespeare, William, 12
Sleep of the brave, The, William Collins, 126
Smith, Laura Rountree, 38, 39
Somebody did a golden deed, 22
Star spangled banner, Francis Scott Key, 155
"Star spangled banner," story of, 154
Stars and Stripes, Henry Ward Beecher, 142
Stelzle, Charles, 57
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 23
Stewart, Judd, 87
Suggestions to teachers, K. C. Davis, 121
Thanksgiving Day, Roy L. Shaffer, 59-67
Thayer, Louis E., 22
There's so much bad, 23
Thing to do is hope, The, 23
Thompson, James, 23
Thwing, E. P., 133
Trees, Joyce Kilmer, 110
Trees and forests, Alfred Gaskill, 112
Truth is honest, 22
U. S. Bureau of Education, 123
Unfinished work, Joseph Fulford Folsom, 84
Unfurling of the flag, The, Clara Endicott Sears, 152
van Dyke, Henry, 95, 108
Washington, Abraham Lincoln, 96
Washington, George, life of, J. Walker McSpadden, 97
How did George Washington look, 95
Lend a hand, 95
Washington as he looked, 94
Washington's Birthday, Henry W. Foster, 89-108
Washington's Farewell address, 102
Washington's Farewell to the army, 102
Washington's sayings, 101
We thank Thee, Ralph Waldo Emerson, 60
We'll keep Old Glory flying, Carleton S. Montanye, 150
Western land, The, Caroline Hazard, 56
Whitman, Walt, 54, 83
Wilson, James Grant, 52
Wilson, Woodrow, 139, 154
Wise old owl, A, 23
Woodberry, George Edward, 54
Woodbury, Ida Vose, 70
Wordsworth, William, 23
Your flag and my flag, Wilbur D. Nesbit, 153
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