M. R. TILLOTSON REGIONAL DIRECTOR
HUGH R. AWTREY EDITOR
SAMUEL O. SMART ART EDITOR
THIS MONTH
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THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER AT FORT MCHENRY By Roy Edgar Appleman ... PAGE 3
PRESERVATION OF OUR FOLK SPEECH By Richard Lieber ... PAGE 8
SOME AMERICAN MILITARY SWORDS By Alfred F. Hopkins ... PAGE 11
THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND THE SHENANDOAH AND GREAT SMOKIES By Myron H. Avery ... PAGE 21
I'M JUST AN IDLE SUMMER CAMP FROM SEPTEMBER TILL JUNE By John I. Neasmith ... PAGE 27
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