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Source: Sun Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Draped Flag High in Air” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: New York, New York Date of publication: 20 September 1901 Volume number: 69 Issue number: 20 Pagination: 2 |
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| “Draped Flag High in Air.” Sun [New York] 20 Sept. 1901 v69n20: p. 2. |
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| William McKinley (mourning); William McKinley (death: public response: Bayonne, NJ); Bayonne Kite Corps. |
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| none. |
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Draped Flag High in Air
Sent Up 1,500 Feet on Four Giant Kites at Bayonne, N. J.
A large American flag with a deep crępe border
supported by a quartet of giant kites floated 1,500 feet above the tide level
at Bayonne yesterday from the approximate time of the starting of the funeral
in Canton until sunset, when a salute was fired as it was lowered.
The flag was raised by members of the Bayonne
kite corps, who believed their emblem to have been seen at a greater altitude
than any other in the country. A large crowd saw its ascension. At times it
was visible from the Battery.