Alexander High School - Spartan Shield Yearbook (Albany, OH)

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Moultrie Flag Continental Flag im ?l g . .. Every country has its own flag. Our flag did not always look the way it does today. In the early days the colonists lived in thirteen separate colonies, each with its own flag. The first days of the Revolutionary War, the colonists carried their old flags into battle. They needed one flag to stand for all the colonies fighting together. The American flag was to have a star and a stripe for each of the thirteen colonies. The Betsy Ross Flag with the stars arranged in a circle was based on the idea that no colony should take precedence. This flag evolved into our present day flag. All other flags soon disappeared after the Stars and Stripes was adopted, yet the insignia shown on some of them appears occasionally on a state flag. Betsy Boss Flag DON'T TREAD ON ME ------------------------------ Gadsden Flag Bennington Flag

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TABLE Of CONTENTS A BICENTENNIAL SALUTE 1 FACULTY ir SENIORS 33 JUNIORS 65 r v i SOPHOMORES 73 FRESHMEN 81 LEARNING 89 ORGANIZATIONS 101 SCHOOL LIFE 117 SPORTS 143 ADVERTISING 193 AUTOGRAPHS 227 Bicentennial Salute 5

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I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic, a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its constitu- tion, to obey Us laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. William Tyler Page