_Boston Common 46_ _Fort McHenry 58_ _The Capitol 72_ _Statue of Liberty 80_ _West Point Military Academy 90_ _Harper's Ferry 102_ _Picking Cotton 112_ _Fort Sumter 130_ _The White House 142_ _Moccasin Bend 152_ _Faneuil Hall 164_ _Fortress Monroe 176_ _U. S. Battle-Ship "Maine" 186_ _Sherman burns Atlanta and marches toward the sea 198_ _Plymouth Rock 202_ _The Invasion of Maryland 210_ _Mount Vernon 222_ _"Still longin' for de old plantation, And for de old folks at home" 232_ _Grant's Monument 242_ _The Tower of London 254_ _National Monument, Niederwald 264_ _Vieux Port, Marseilles 274_ _Stirling Castle 284_ _Houses of Parliament 296_ [Illustration: _Washington Monument_] [Illustration: JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE] _THE AMERICAN FLAG._ When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there! She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land! Majestic monarch of the cloud! Who rear'st aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest trumpings loud, And see the lightning-lances driven, When stride the warriors of the storm And rolls the thunder-drum of heaven! Child of the sun! To thee 'tis given To guard the banner of the free, To hover in the sulphur smoke, To ward away the battle stroke, And bid its blendings shine afar Like rainbows on the cloud of war, The harbingers of Victory.