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Dubuque Herald,
Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa
March 7, 1860

 

THE MAN who first unfurled and flung to the breeze the Star Spangled Banner in Iowa, was an Irishman by the name of Nicholas Carrol, living in the vicinity of Dubuque. The flag was run up soon after twelve o'clock on the morning of the 4th of July, 1834.
 
 
 

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