Word: banners
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...care" attitude of the citizen who has never bothered to learn the national anthem, who looks on the flag merely as a holiday banner. Last Saturday the men in the Boston crowds who uncovered as the colors passed were exceptional. Hardly a voice was raised in protest against the hundreds who did not. Stupidly good-natured and lackadasical, they were there to see the glitter and color, to hear the bands play, and, quite naturally, to stare at Marshal Joffre. And in the midst of all the spirit of celebration, to the thousands who lined the streets the flag seemed...
...Hospital Unit which left yesterday for France is reported to have carried with it the banner of our nation; when the Unit unfolds it for the first time our flag of war will fly in Europe...
Other flags, sheltering and honoring other men, will follow that first flag, and Germany will see the Stars and Stripes flying at the forefront of armies. Yet some measure of sanctity must be accorded that pioneer banner, adventuring out on unknown fields against a people which we have never before held...
...held near Holden Chapel in the Yard at 3.30 o'clock in the af- ternoon. After this ceremony, exercises will begin in the Stadium with the Ivy oration delivered by Hunt Wentworth '17. There will be songs by the Glee Club, organized cheering, and the presentation of the class banner to the Freshman Class...
...formed union. And so in ancient, mediaeval and modern times, each country has had its stirring call to duty. No one can question the power which "La Marseillaise" or even "Deutschland Ueber Alles" have exerted over their respective peoples. The United States of America has selected the "Star Spangled Banner" as its means of arousing patriotism. It is a song difficult to sing, but none the less splendid. Its effect has been and can be one of infinite magnitude. This effect, however, is dependent on the way it is sung. "The Star Spangled Banner" is not a Chanson sans Paroles...