by
Enos A. Mills & Laurence F. Schmeckebier
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
St. Louis had a memorable "flag day" a little more than a century ago. Within twenty-four hours the yellow and red flag of Spain was run down and the tricolor run up; this hauled down and the Stars and Stripes run up. The Louisiana Territory thus became a part of the United States. In a flash, the western...