The Mentor: The Revolution, Vol. 1, Num. 43, Serial No. 43 / The Story of America in Pictures

by Albert Bushnell Hart

PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR. VOL. 1, No. 43. SERIAL No. 43
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.

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© W. M. Sanford

BIRTH OF THE FLAG

PAINTING BY HENRY MOSLER

THE REVOLUTION
The Birth of the Flag

SIX

The men of the colonies were the ones who did the actual fighting that won American independence; but the brave women of those times also played their part. It was the courageous confidence and fortitude of their wives and sisters that spurred the men on to final victory. Some of the women had even a more active share than this in the Revolution. Betsy Ross, who made the first flag of the United States, was one of these.