. Our country in story . n-furled its American stripes and British crosses to thewinds, it was joyously hailed by the soldiers with thirteenlusty cheers and a salute of thirteen guns. 2. THE MEANING OF OUR FLAGPART ONE. A VISIT TO ITS BIRTHPLACE About ninety-five miles up the Delaware is locatedPhiladelphia. It is noted for some of the most importantevents in our countrys history. Here the ContinentalCongress met for the first time, here Independence wasdeclared, here the Constitution was framed, and here waslocated at different times and for many years, the nationsseat of government. But this
. Our country in story . n-furled its American stripes and British crosses to thewinds, it was joyously hailed by the soldiers with thirteenlusty cheers and a salute of thirteen guns. 2. THE MEANING OF OUR FLAGPART ONE. A VISIT TO ITS BIRTHPLACE About ninety-five miles up the Delaware is locatedPhiladelphia. It is noted for some of the most importantevents in our countrys history. Here the ContinentalCongress met for the first time, here Independence wasdeclared, here the Constitution was framed, and here waslocated at different times and for many years, the nationsseat of government. But this beautiful city is famous forstill another great historical event. A walk of a few blocks from the Delaware River bankalong Arch Street will bring us to a small house with astore front. It is two stories high and has an attic with adormer window. The house number, seen to the left, is 188 OUR COUNTRY IN STORY 239, though it was once 89. This house is the last of awhole row of ancient buildings which originally lined this. THE BIRTHPLACE OF OUR FLAG end of Arch Street. The brick of which it is built, we aretold, served as ballast, or weights, in the ship Welcome, OUR NATIONAL BANNER 189 which, in 1682, brought William Penn, the founder ofPhiladelphia, to America. The good Quaker, it is said,personally supervised the building of this house. The heavy shutters of the two second story windowsare thrown open and we note that they are joined withhand-made nails and hinged with hand-made screws. Inthe show-window are displayed portraits, pictures, andflags. On a sign running way across the front of thebuilding we read, printed in large letters, the words:BIRTHPLACE OF OLD GLORY and OPEN TOTHE PUBLIC. Shall we enter through the rather low door whichstands ajar as if to welcome us? Yes, for we are curiousto know what is inside this quaint little structure. Wecross the threshold. The furnishings of the room and thearticles exhibited in it assure us that we are in some his-torical museum.
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