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Old Glory is a nickname for the flag of the United States. The original "Old Glory" was a flag owned by the 19th-century American sea captain William Driver (March 17, 1803 – March 3, 1886), who flew the flag during his career at sea and later brought it to Nashville, Tennessee, where he settled. Driver greatly prized the flag and ensured its ...
The original banner that we now know as “Old Glory” was sewn in Salem, Massachusetts in 1824. It was crafted by Captain William Driver’s mother and a handful of female admirers in honor of Driver’s appointment as a master mariner and commander of his own ship, the Charles Dogget. Driver was just 21 years old at the time of his appointment.
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I Am the Flag. I am the flag of the United States of America. My name is Old Glory. I fly atop the world's tallest buildings. I stand watch in America's halls of justice. I fly majestically over institutions of learning. I stand guard with power in the world. Look up and see me. I stand for peace, honor, truth and justice.
Old Glory, the famous flag belonging to sea captain William Driver during the Civil War, is part of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's collection. Hugh Talman / NMAH, SI. Sea ...
The national flag of the United States (Spanish: Bandera Nacional de Estados Unidos), often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton, referred to as the union and bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where ...
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Feb 27, 2024 · February 27, 2024. It’s been nearly 50 years since the award-winning image “The Soiling of Old Glory” was taken at Boston’s City Hall Plaza. The photo depicts a young white man holding an American flag like a spear, pointed at a young Black man during a desegregation protest in Boston, and captured the nation’s attention with how it ...
It lasted forty years. “Red, White and Blue” became the colors of a good neighbor for some but represented the ugly American bully for others. Even at home the flag evoked mixed emotions. While the World War II generation revered Old Glory, it was sometimes burned by their children who opposed the Vietnam conflict.
