Dutch, establish trading posts on the Hudson River, 2; overpowered by the English, 2; opposed by New Englanders, 9-10; government of, inquires concerning the American flag, 65.
Dutch East India Company, Hudson sails in the employ of the, 1-2.
Elliot, Major, wife of, presents silken colors, 24.
Endicott, John, cuts the cross from the English flag, 4-5; 87.
England, flag of, brought to Jamestown, 2-3; 6; 18; 33; flag of, pulled down in New York, 54; 66; honors the Stars and Stripes, 84.
English East India Company, flag of the, 34.
Essex Institute, "Old Glory" sent to the, 69.
Fifteen stripes and fifteen stars, the flag of, 56-62.
Fillmore, President, sends letter to Japan, 77.
First Regiment of the United States Volunteer Cavalry, 74. _See_ Rough Riders.
Fort McHenry, attacked by the British, 60.
Fort Sumter, firing upon, begins the Civil War, 71-72; flag raised upon, 73.
Fourth of July, Declaration of Independence on the, 39-40; first anniversary of the, 51; new stars to be added to the flag on the, 64; honored in Sweden, 81.
France, war with, 57; sells the Louisiana Territory to the United States, 58.
Franklin, Benjamin, proposes the "Albany Plan," 18-19; 24, 25, 26; sent to Cambridge by Congress, 32; 34; issues letters of marque, 37.
Frederick, burial place of Francis Scott Key, 61.
French, opposed by the New Englanders, 9-10; meet the New Englanders at Louisburg, 12-13.
Gadsden, Christopher, speaks of possible independence, 30.
Gansevoort, Colonel Peter, commands Fort Stanwix, 49.
"God Save the King," sung in St. Paul's Cathedral, 84.
Grand Council, part of the "Albany Plan," 18-19.
"Grand Union Flag," made in Cambridge, 33; designer not known, 34; 39.
Gustavus Adolphus, plans a settlement in America, 2; 80.
Hall, Lieutenant, rescues the flag at Fort Sumter, 72.
Hancock, John, presents a flag to General Putnam, 30.
Harrison, Benjamin, sent to Cambridge by Congress, 32.
Hart, Sergeant Peter, fastens the flag up on the ramparts at Fort Sumter, 72; presents it to be raised, 73.
Hawthorne, tells the story of Endicott and the flag, 4-5; of "The Pine-Tree Shillings," 11.
Holland, Hudson's vessel sailed from, the flag of, 1; 44.
House of Representatives, hoists the Star-Spangled Banner, 65.
Hudson, carries the Dutch flag into the Hudson River, 1-2.