. Proceedings at the unveiling of the battle monument in Spartanburg, S. C., in commemoration of the centennial of the battle of Cowpens . et thetrrpour their Inud^est blast, TVtikt we pledge botii life and ^^i-r-^ Q i> „_ _ -• -—— - ,-^ ,. „ j f^^^^ a 1 : ; ^ : • ? « i|^ *»* ^— » V0e00- -0 i ?» -r-^T^^ Ttii~sr t=t honor, To ctanJ by it lo the last. Whilst we pledge both life and honor, To stand by it to the last. 3^^ ^S? j=^ij^-rT ^^ iri -ttn =i=?: ifefi ^ g). d honor, To stand by it to the last Whilst we pledge both life and honor, To stand by it to the TgiH^n-^=^^^^ —*— 1 r.—1
. Proceedings at the unveiling of the battle monument in Spartanburg, S. C., in commemoration of the centennial of the battle of Cowpens . et thetrrpour their Inud^est blast, TVtikt we pledge botii life and ^^i-r-^ Q i> „_ _ -• -—— - ,-^ ,. „ j f^^^^ a 1 : ; ^ : • ? « i|^ *»* ^— » V0e00- -0 i ?» -r-^T^^ Ttii~sr t=t honor, To ctanJ by it lo the last. Whilst we pledge both life and honor, To stand by it to the last. 3^^ ^S? j=^ij^-rT ^^ iri -ttn =i=?: ifefi ^ g). d honor, To stand by it to the last Whilst we pledge both life and honor, To stand by it to the TgiH^n-^=^^^^ —*— 1 r.—1—^ 0 -^—\-^r^—l » d -^.^ W- i-^-^-^r^, Uf ^—f^ o 4 4 4-4 de^ ^—-. ^^ ^ \ > ^^^ ?^ V J ^—^«=^—i 1 i _,N ¥ IjOZ^ ^ ^ ^^^^ =^sa= m^EEk J 7 This precious relic of the War of Independence is kept ina case and deposited in a bank vault for safe keeping. It isdisplayed annually on the 22d of February, WashingtonsBirthday, but otherwise only on high public occasions, andis the only Revolution Flag from active service in that war,in active use by any military command in the UnitedStates. 124The Washington Light infantry was tounded in 1807. When the news reached Charleston,South Carolina, that Her Majestys Ship Leopard had firedinto the United States Ship Chesapeake, off the Capes ofVirginia, the young men of the City and State formed them-selves promptly into numerous military commands. TheW. L. I. was commissioned ; William Lowndes, states-man, jurist, orator, and the author of the high sentimentthe Presidency is an office to be neit
Size: 2925px × 854px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidproceedingsa, bookyear1896
