2006-10-13 03:21:28 · 11 answers · asked by Little Mark 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I assume because the Americans have always been very bloodthirsty people ever since they first started slaughtering the Red Indians and now they're slaughtering Iraqis. Who'll be next?
2006-10-13 03:30:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mrs Mole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old Glory
Early history
This original Old Glory was made and presented to the young Captain Driver by his mother and some young ladies of his native Salem, Massachusetts. The year is uncertain, but it was probably sometime in the 1820s. It is a large flag, measuring 10 feet by 17 feet, heavily constructed and designed to be flown from a ship's mast. It originally had 24 stars.
The captain was very pleased with his gift, and kept it with him always. By most accounts, he first hailed the flag as "Old Glory," when he left harbor for a trip around the world in 1831-1832, as commander of the whaling vessel Charles Doggett. Old Glory served as the ship's official flag throughout the voyage. Some weathering and fraying almost certainly occurred during this severe service, and the flag shows evidence of patching on more than one occasion.
2006-10-13 10:44:39 · answer #2 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supposedly it was in 1831.....Captain Stephen Driver of Salem, Massachusetts, first used the words "Old Glory" about the American flag. In 1831, as he was leaving on his ship, friends gave him a beautiful new American flag. When it was unfurled in the ocean breeze, Captain Driver exclaimed, "Old Glory!" and that flag itself became known as Old Glory. In 1837, Captain Driver retired to Tennessee, and when that state seceded from the Union in the Civil War, rebels tried to find and destroy the Old Glory flag. Luckily, the Captain hid Old Glory inside the seams of his bed quilt, so the rebels never found it! In 1862, Captain Driver raised Old Glory over the state capitol to celebrate the Union's triumph, and ever since, people have called the American flag "Old Glory."
2006-10-13 10:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by Richard K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on the "gory" deeds of slavery, genocide, stealing etc.
Hhahhahahahaaa.
Did you mean "Old Glory"?
2006-10-13 10:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is actually "Old Glory"
The tale of the name is found in this website.
http://www.usflag.org/history/oldglorystory.html
2006-10-13 10:29:22 · answer #5 · answered by pallas_atalanta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gory? Haven't heard that one... :-)
2006-10-13 10:23:39 · answer #6 · answered by mktbsh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't, it's known as "Old Glory".
2006-10-13 11:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is old, and .... Gory? no, no, no, it's GLORY.
2006-10-13 10:23:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
THAT IS NOT FUNNY TO INSULT OLD GLORY
2006-10-13 10:41:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark, why do you have a girl's avatar? Are you a tranny?
2006-10-13 10:30:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋