Fredericksburg High School - Rapahanoc Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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tribute to (Pur Jflag I I ROUGH the dust and smoke of ages, and through cen¬ turies of war, the American Hag has arisen “sole star of light in infinite black despair,” hoisted to topmost emi¬ nence by Freedom ' s self, where rang her highest note. Looking back upon its many journeys—so many rivers crossed, and more than one of them forded in peril; so many swinging mountain roads; so many difficult steeps, and such long wastes of plains-—its past seems to be a golden augury of the success of its future. The foundations of our Hag were laid by the pilgrims, who, grown restive under political and religious oppression, sought the freeland. Then came the revolt against tyranny and the birth of an unconquer¬ able banner—the certainty of whose deathlessness made death sweet to those who fought for it. As they watched it rising and falling in its struggle for existence, the sight of that glorious banner floating in the breeze raised their spirits and inspired them with noble and cour¬ ageous sentiments. When at last it mounted into the peaks and crests of the inaccessible places it gave a soul to the new land, and the val¬ ley, though still in shadow, was transfigured. The Stars and Stripes was the first banner under which the true meaning of those immortal words, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity,” was realized and understood. Our flag is the first that has never known defeat. The famous and the good, all have risen at its touch; the wind has carried from its folds the thistle-down of peace and sown it on a hundred hills and meadows far and wide. It has become the true emblem of the brotherhood of man in its new conception of friendship, the home and the fireside, increasingly holding a place in the hearts of its people. It is truly the guard and glory of the world. May the emblem of Liberty and Union from its triumphant seat, with sanctitude, triumph and honor, hless each valley, grove and coast; and may the unextinguished spirit of its illustrious founders animate our minds and plead against oblivion for its name. —Josephine Fisher.

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« Jfresfjmatt Class SECTION III OFFICERS Presiftent —Edward Smith Vice-President — Edna Hart Secretary and Treasurer — Charles Bullock Motto: “Launched, but not Anchored” (Latin: “Cum A ncora Saluta” Flower: Daisy Colors: Yellow, Green, White Horace Barker Calvert Beach Dallas Batton Charles Bullock William Carpenter Donald Cahill Robert Clover Priscilla Culp Bernice Cussons Rudolph Decatur Hilda Dodd 5 . ROLL Lucy Edwards Edwin Fauldner Maybelle Franklin Carlton Garrett Julian Garrett Edna H art Francis Hicks Sara Hunter Kenneth Lindsay Cora Lee Martin Howard Minor James Allen Julia Pepmeier John Popham Walter Purks Annie Radclifte Edward Smith Sidney Snellings Madeline Thomas Myrtle Walker Ruth Wheat Dallas Wyne Dallas Young

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