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William Driver
William Driver was a sea merchant and Civil War Patriot from Tennessee. He was not a Confederate Patriot, he was a Union Patriot. He received a US flag in 1831 on his birthday and said that it was so pretty, he will call it Old Glory. Thats where we get thatb term from. When the Civil War broke out. he feared that the Confederate forces would burh his flag, so he hid it until he could get past the Confederate lines and to the state capiol in Nashville. He then raised the flag over the capitol and guarded it all night to make sure they didnt destroy it. Upon his death, he gave the flag to his daughter and told her to cherish it. The flag stayed in the family until 1922 when it was given to the Smithsonion Institute in Washington DC. Driver is buried in Nashville City Cemetery in Nashville, Tn.
William Driver
William Driver was a sea merchant and Civil War Patriot from Tennessee. He was not a Confederate Patriot, he was a Union Patriot. He received a US flag in 1831 on his birthday and said that it was so pretty, he will call it Old Glory. Thats where we get thatb term from. When the Civil War broke out. he feared that the Confederate forces would burh his flag, so he hid it until he could get past the Confederate lines and to the state capiol in Nashville. He then raised the flag over the capitol and guarded it all night to make sure they didnt destroy it. Upon his death, he gave the flag to his daughter and told her to cherish it. The flag stayed in the family until 1922 when it was given to the Smithsonion Institute in Washington DC. Driver is buried in Nashville City Cemetery in Nashville, Tn.