William Driver Quotes
I name thee Old Glory.
As the U.S. flag was unfurled on the brig "Charles Dogget" before a voyage to Asia, the captain said:. This was the origin of the nickname for the American flag which later became so popular in the Civil War. The flag from that ship resides at the Smithsonian Institution.
William Driver, 1803-1886, New England sea captain, Remark, Salem, MA, 1831
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The 3rd verse is rarely sung because of its reference to the then existing and generally accepted system of indentured servitude and slavery.
Belrin had actually written an earlier version during World War I
Old Glory is a nickname for the flag of the United States. The original "Old Glory" was a flag owned by the 19th-century American sea captain William Driver, who flew the flag during his career at sea and later brought it to Nashville, Tennessee, where he settled. Driver greatly prized the flag and ensured its safety from the Confederates, who attempted to seize the flag during the American Civil War. In 1922, Driver's daughter and niece claimed to own the original "Old Glory," which became part of the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, where it remains at the National Museum of American History.
