Commodore Joshua Barney: many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also a compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections . •^ rt^ a^ ^ 2 - bc^ rt boC >- 1- c. OS _! s o s o moment a new American flag, sent by CommodoreHopkins for the service of the Hornet, arrived fromPhiladelphia. Nothing could have been more oppor-tune or acceptable. It was the first Star SpangledBanner that had been seen in the S
Commodore Joshua Barney: many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also a compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections . •^ rt^ a^ ^ 2 - bc^ rt boC >- 1- c. OS _! s o s o moment a new American flag, sent by CommodoreHopkins for the service of the Hornet, arrived fromPhiladelphia. Nothing could have been more oppor-tune or acceptable. It was the first Star SpangledBanner that had been seen in the State of Maryland;and next morning at sunrise Barney had the enviablehonor of unfuding it to the music of drums and fifes,and hoisting it upon a staff, planted with his own handsat the door of his rendezvous. The heart-stirringsounds of the martial instruments, then a novel in-cident in Baltimore, and the still more novel sight ofthe rebel colors gracefully waving in the breeze,attracted crowds of all ranks and eyes to the gay sceneof the rendezvous, and before the setting of the samedays sun, the young recruiting officer had enlisted afull crew of jolly rebels for the Hornet. BETSEY ROSS A quiet house, a quiet street, A needle and a thread,A scissors and a square of blue, Some strips of white and slender hands that deftly stitched The shi
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