His drawing of this unique flag is in the col lection of the New York Historical Society.
At the State House, Annapolis, is exhibited an original 13-star, 13-stripe American flag of pattern form, law of 14 June 1777.
The Philadelphia Light Horse flag, earliest colonial flag to have the 13 stripes of blue and white, is deposited in the safe of that troop.
The entire Peter Force flag collection of captured naval ensigns, recently donated to the Library of Congress, has been deposited in the National Museum. Here too is the flag of the Kearsarge in use at the time of surrender of the Confederate cruiser Alabama. Also the first flag of the United States of America to be raised over Richmond after its surrender to the Federal troops. A score or more Spanish flags are here as trophies, but the token which attracts great attention is the pennant which was flown on the Brooklyn during the naval battle off Santiago.
An interesting item relates to the placing of the stars and stripes in Saint Paul's Cathe dral, London, in hontir of the American Le gion composed of Americans who were fight ing in the British army before the United States joined the Allies. The members of the
legion hailed from the United States and crossed the Atlantic to assist in defeating the Germanic designs against freedom. Other American flags have been deposited in English historic buildings, notably as a decoration in the Guild Hall, London.
The American flag is receiving equally memorable consideration in France and Bel gium; in the former at Paris in innumerable places of note the American flag is donated and deposited as a heritage of the spirit of liberty. The American flag of the Foreign Legion, composed of Americans serving in the French divisions, was requested by the French government as a tokep of fraternal spirit and was deposited in the museum of the army in the Hotel des Invalides, Paris.
Trophies also which have a pathetic inter est in American progress and unity are those of the Confederate States flags. See FLAGS,