lags have been an integral part of North School Park since History of our Fit’s construction in 1991. The amphitheatre, in the center have been important in American history since the of the Park, is ringed with flag poles—a generous donation first settlers arrived from Europe. Until Congress adopted from the Arlington Heights Lions Club. the stars and stripes design on June 14, 1777, there was little In response to the patriotic fervor following the September conformity. The first US flags retained British symbols in case 2001 terrorist attacks, the Arlington Heights Park District of a reconciliation with the mother country. Although legend chose to install a display of historic American flags. Grouped has designing the first flag, historians believe it was within the Park and in front of the Administration Center, actually congressman , based on journals of 410 N. Arlington Heights Road, these flags remind us of the from whom he attempted to receive our precious freedom and the connection we cherish as 50 payment for his design: “ Would not a quarter cask of the united states. public wine be a reasonable and proper reward for my labors?” Regardless of the exact origin of our flags’ designs, it is the Arlington Heights Park District’s intent to honor our patriotic pride The Park & Administration Center with this display of historic and evolutionary United States flags. Before it became the Park District’s Administration Center in 1988, the building at 410 N. Arlington Heights Road was the old North School, built in 1938. The land south of the Honoring the Flag building was purchased jointly by the Village and the Park A surge of patriotism during the early days of the Civil War led to District and turned into North School Park in 1991. This land the recorded observance of Flag Day on June 14, 1861. Congress, had originally been donated by William Dunton in 1870 for in 1949, made June 14 a national day of legal observance. The a playground. His wish was that it always be for the use of first pledge of allegiance to the flag was written in a children’s children. It’s a favorite location for passive recreation for publication Youth’s Companion, September 8, 1892, in an effort to residents and visitors. For more Park District information: revive patriotism in America’s children. A law was passed in the www.ahpd.org or 847-577-3000. state legislature instructing school directors to hold flag exercises every week at which time students would recite the pledge. The wording was revised twice by Congressional committees until Congress adopted our current version on Flag Etiquette June 14, 1954: The Flag… • should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America flown upside down only as a distress signal. and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. • should not be used as a drapery or for covering a speaker’s desk, draping a platform or for any decoration in general. Bunting of red, white and blue Our Thanks to… stripes should be used with the blue stripe on top. Our Parks Department staff who researched the flags, purchased flags and poles, designed flag holders and lighting, installed • should never be used for any advertising purpose. the display and arranged for proper signage and the Arlington It should not be embroidered, printed or Heights Park Foundation for their generous support. Let us know otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, what you think: send an email to [email protected]. handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff Sources of information: or halyard. Flags of American History, by David D. Crouthers, G.S. Hammond & Company, Maplewood, N.J. 1962 • should not be used as part of a costume or athletic Saga of the American Flag, by Candice M. DeBarr and Jack A. uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on Bonkowske, Harbinger House, , 1990 the uniform of military, fire or police personnel, and • www.crwflags.com members of patriotic organizations. • www.sar.org • www.law.oa.edu • should never have placed on it, or attached to it, any • www.americanflags.net mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing • www.trnty.edu of any kind.

• ·should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.

When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by 410 N. Arlington Heights Rd. waiting hands and arms. To store the flag, it should be Arlington Heights, IL 60004 folded neatly and ceremoniously. 847.577.3000 • www.ahpd.org Evolution of Old Glory Flags 30 Flag July 4, 1848. Wisconsin, 43 Star Flag July 4, 1890. Beginning with the original 13 stars for the 13 states. May 29, 1848. North Dakota, November 2, 1889; Prior to the , men banded together , a delegate to the Second A star is added for each state added to the Union for a total South Dakota, November 2, 1889; into Sons of Liberty societies met under a large oak or Continental Congress presented this flag to the Provincial , November 8, 1889; liberty tree. This flag was flown in Boston in the 1760s to Congress of on February 9, 1776. of 27 flags. E I Thirteen star flag(states represented, 31 Star Flag July 4, 1851. California, Washington, November 11, 1889; protest colonial treatment. September 9, 1850. Idaho, July 3, 1890. listed in order): , December 9 7, 1787; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18, 1787; 44 Star Flag July 4, 1891. Wyoming, 1 A , January 2, 1788; Connecticut, F July 10, 1890. Culpeper January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, 32 Star Flag July 4, 1858. Minnesota, Bedford Flag Used in the Revolution by soldiers from Culpeper February 6, 1788; , April May 11, 1858. I Carried by the Bedford Minutemen during the Battle of County, VA. It has sketchy documentation and no colors, 28, 1788; South Carolina, May 23, 45 Star Flag July 4, 1896. Old North (Rude) Bridge, April 19, 1775, as they met and as it was illustrated as a line drawing. It is still the official 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; F Utah, January 4, 1896. repelled the British forces at Concord, MA. It’s thought to flag of Culpeper County. , June 25, 1788; New York, July 33 Star Flag July 4, 1859. Oregon, be the oldest American flag still in existence. February 14, 1859. 10 25, 1788; North Carolina, November 21, I 1789; Rhode Island, May 29, 1790. 46 Star Flag July 4, 1908. , November 16, 1907. G Star Spangled Banner Flag (15 star 34 Star Flag July 4, 1861. Kansas, 2 Adopted by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, flag) Became the Official United States January 29, 1861. the origin of the design remains unclear. The legend of Flag on May 1, 1795. The two added J Betsy Ross, a seamstress, has never been stars represent: Vermont ( 14th; March 48 Star Flag July 4, 1912. Green Mountain Boys Flag verified, but by tradition, the flag carries her name. A 4, 1791) and Kentucky (15th; June 1, G New Mexico, January 6, 1912 and Carried into battle on May 10, 1775 by Ethan Allen and a explains its symbolism : “We take 1792) First flew over the country’s 35 Star Flag July 4, 1863. West , February 14, 1912. This was small force of Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort 11 the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, new capital, Washington, D.C., on Virginia, June 20, 1863. J the official flag for 47 years. Ticonderoga from the British. separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we November 17, 1800. have separated from her and the white stripes shall go G 49 Star Flag Recognized Alaska’s down to posterity representing liberty.” 1818 Flag, 20 stars The Flag Act of 1818 36 Star Flag July 4, 1865. statehood granted on January 3, 1959. 3 returned the flag design to 13 stripes Nevada, October 31,1864. and one star for each state. The five J The Washington Cruiser A new states were: , June 1, First used by General Washington for the six schooners Bennington Flag 1796; Ohio, March 1, 1801; Louisiana, H 50 Star Flag With the admittance of he outfitted at his own expense in the fall of 1775 for use The oldest stars and stripes flag in existence, the flag is April 30, 1812; Indiana, December 11, 37 Star Flag July 4, 1867. Nebraska, Hawaii, August 21, 1959, the 27th flag in the coastal waters off the colonies. The Massachusetts thought to be the first used in a land battle on August 1816; Mississippi, December 10, 1817. March 1, 1867. of the United States became official on Naval Force later adopted and used this flag. 16, 1777 in Bennington on the New York- Vermont border. July 4, 1960 and remains our flag today. K 4 H 12 21 Star Flag July 4, 1819 added Illinois, 38 Star Flag July 4, 1877. Colorado, August 1, 1876. Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Rhode Island Regiment Flag December 3, 1818. K Serapis Flag Guard, and Merchant Marines One of the first pre-Revolutionary War flags to use the 13 After capturing the British ship Serapis in 1779, John B stars representing the original colonies. It was carried by Paul Jones own ship, the Bon Homme Richard sank. He H the First Rhode Island Regiment. transferred his flag to the captured ship. Accompanied 23 Star Flag July 4, 1820 with the by the American ship Alliance, they reached the addition of , December 14, North School Park 5 Netherlands where the ships were seized for piracy. A 1819 and Maine, March 15, 1820. Eastman Street & Arlington Heights Road 13 Dutch artist drew the flags from both ships to prove they Old Glory Flags, A to K, in park Fort Moultrie Flag were not pirates, but were sailing under a known flag. B The flag of the South Carolina Minute Men, it flew over Historic Flags, 1-15, in front of 410 N. Arlington Hts. Rd. 24 Star Flag July 4, 1822 with , Fort Moultrie (then Ft. Sullivan) in Charleston Harbour. It August 10, 1821 as the only addition. was shot away by the British in a 1776 battle. Cowpens Flag On January 17, 1781, General Daniel Morgan won a B 6 Administration victory at Cowpens, South Carolina by stopping the #1-15 25 Star Flag July 4, 1836. Arkansas, Center British dead in their tracks. Assisted by Maryland, June 15, 1836. Virginia and Georgia regiments, they charged under the

➤ Conceived in 1775 by Commodore of the flag of the Third Maryland Regiment. K N , the flag was first used as a signal C between ships to engage the enemy. The ship with the 14 26 Star Flag July 4, 1837. Michigan, longest total period of active service displays the First January 26, 1837. Navy Jack until decommissioned or placed on inactive Guilford Flag J I 7 reserve. Raised over the Guilford Court House, North Carolina on March 15, 1781. It is an example of the lack of uniformity G H C of Revolutionary period flags. Local groups made 27 Star Flag July 4, 1845. their own decision as to which flag would become the Florida, March 3, 1845. Continental Colors (Grand Union) standard. (also known as the North Carolina Militia Flag) A combination of British and Revolutionary elements, D E North 15 D this flag served the Colonies from January 1776 until School the adoption of the first version of the Stars and Park Stripes on June 14, 1777. It was first raised over General 28 Star Flag July 4, 1846. C F Washington’s encampments at , December 29, 1845. Evergreen Street Arlington Heights Road 8 Cambridge and Somerville. D 29 Star Flag July 4, 1847. Iowa, December 28, 1846.

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