Happy Flag Day!

Illustration:  Jimmie Piggy & Flag.  The Tale of Jimmie Piggy.  By Marjorie Manners.  The Platt & Nourse Co.: New York. 1918.

He marched around the orchard with his gun over his shoulder, carrying his flag.

“When I grow up,” he said, “I mean to be a great general like I read about in my books. Then I can tell people what to do, and they will have to mind me. Then Mamma can’t say ‘Jimmie don’t do this’ and ‘Jimmie don’t do that.’ And then I can have all the corn I want.”

The Tale of Jimmie Piggy.

By Marjorie Manners.

The Platt & Nourse Co.: New York. 1918.

Illustration:  Jimmie Piggy & Flag.  The Tale of Jimmie Piggy.  By Marjorie Manners.  The Platt & Nourse Co.: New York. 1918.