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The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Standards, (search)
Standards, A flag or ensign round which men rally or unite for a common purpose; also an emblem of nationality. The practice of an army using standards dates from the earliest times. The emblem of the cross on standards and shields is due to the asserted miraculous appearance of a cross to Constantine, previous to his battle with Maxentius; Eusebius says that he received this statement from the Emperor himself, 312. The standard was named labarum. For the celebrated French standard, Auriflamme. The British imperial standard was first hoisted on the Tower of London, and on Bedford tower, Dublin, and displayed by the foot guards, on the union of the kingdoms, Jan. 1, 1801.
rible mode of punishment was abolished by him, and the cross was elevated to a dignity it had never known before. The story of his conversion to Christianity is well known. Eusebius gives it in impressive language. It was during his war with Maxentius, the Roman Emperor, that he daily supplicated Heaven to aid him in overthrowing his enemies. A beneficent creator heard his prayers. The sign of the cross appeared in the sky above the declining sun — luminous and beautiful; having over it thhe Saviour appeared to him in a vision, holding in his hand the cross he had seen, and told him "To make a standard resembling the sign which he had seen in the heavens, and to use it as a defence in the battle with his enemies." The legions of Maxentius were overthrown by the Christian warrior on the plains of Etruria, and the cross floated in triumph beneath the bright Italian skies. The cross of St. Louis — a military order lustituted by Louis the 14th; is well known. The cross of St.