Ladies & Gentlemen
American Flag Flown Over Our Nation's Capitol
- Item Number
- 665
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 175 USD to PCACAMBULANCE
- Number of Bids
- 6 - Bid History
Item Description
Bid on a slice of American history. Traditionally a symbol of liberty, the American flag carries the message of freedom. This beautiful symbol of our nation actually flew over the U.S. Capitol Building in honor of Cape Henry Collegiate School. A certificate signed by the Architect of the Capitol accompanies the flag.
In the words of the writer, Henry Ward Beecher:
A thoughtful mind when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself. And whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag, the government, the principles, the truths, the history that belongs to the nation that sets it forth. The American flag has been a symbol of Liberty and men rejoiced in it.
The stars upon it were like the bright morning stars of God, and the stripes upon it were beams of morning light. As at early dawn the stars shine forth even while it grows light, and then as the sun advances that light breaks into banks and streaming lines of color, the glowing red and intense white striving together, and ribbing the horizon with bars effulgent, so, on the American flag, stars and beams of many-colored light shine out together ...."
Donated By:
Cape Henry Parents' Association
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