. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . NorthCarolina. When we come to consider the vastimport and importance of our flagand how few in North Cal-olina eversaw, or heard of the State flag, it isa wonder that interest in this import-ant matter should have remained deadso long. The State flag is a great object les-son, intuitively teaching loyalty andsovereignty. The day is not far dis-tant, however, when the State flagwill be known from the mountains to the sea, and will float from everyschool house and be in every homethroughout our great State. Then willthe rising g
. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . NorthCarolina. When we come to consider the vastimport and importance of our flagand how few in North Cal-olina eversaw, or heard of the State flag, it isa wonder that interest in this import-ant matter should have remained deadso long. The State flag is a great object les-son, intuitively teaching loyalty andsovereignty. The day is not far dis-tant, however, when the State flagwill be known from the mountains to the sea, and will float from everyschool house and be in every homethroughout our great State. Then willthe rising generations be loyal, andrespect the sovereign power of theirState. Our flag will be as the South-ern States colonial flag of 1776, andknown as the snake flag, which hada white field with a coiled snake inthe center, with the motto underneath,Dont Tread on Me. This meagre account or evolution ofthe State flag is published with theview that others may add additionalfacts, until we shall have a completehistory of our flag.—Pinck. C. Enniss, inCharlotte
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