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...Papal reception followed the laying of a wreath of dahlias on the grave of Italy's Unknown Soldier, and parading to "The Star Spangled Banner," "Piave" and "Giovinezza." Ascending the snowy marble steps of the Apostolic Palace, the Legionaries, all dressed in their evening clothes, were met by smiling Swiss Guards whom Vatican etiquette forbade to salute. The Pope came forth in white. The Legionaries knelt. Commander Savage and a few others were presented. The Pope examined the Legion flag, made a speech...
...like an obscure speck in the middle of the broad canvas of the 18th Century-a canvas streaked with blood, murder, rebellion, greed, and many winds of doctrine." In Scotland, John Paul grew up on a rocky soil, dotted with small hard flowers, flanked by the blue and white banner of the sea. The sea, before long, became his native place; he loved ships and the spin of water under a whirling bow; he once wrote down: "I will not have anything to do with ships which do not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm...
...Paris, the scarlet pompons of the Garde Republicaine blazed around the Gare des Invalides. Bands played "The Star-Spangled Banner." General Pershing and Commander Savage proceeded at once to the Arc de Triomphe and the grave of the Soldat Inconnu. They had brought half a bronze wreath, the other half of which lay on the Unknown Soldier's grave in Arlington, Va. France's highest officialdom joined the Americans in two minutes of silence and a rigid salute, followed by Taps on a sad bugle through the drizzle...
Older U. S. citizens, people who read their newspapers more carefully, repeated the name top. "Francis Scott McBride? Francis Scott McBride?" they said. "Do you suppose that he is a descendant of Francis Scott Key, who wrote 'The Star-Spangled Banner...
...general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America to be related to the author of This Side of Paradise is a little too bizarre to be true. The author of Flappers and Philosophers and The Great Gatsby is indeed a connection of the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner." But not so the Anti-Saloon League Superintendent...