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Tag: American flag

  • This Week in Princeton History for November 28-December 4

    This Week in Princeton History for November 28-December 4

    In this week’s installment of our recurring series, tensions over the American flag are escalating on campus, Princeton’s president indicates the need to plan to educate women, and more. November 29, 1824—Micah Hawkins’s The Saw Mill or a Yankee Trick, the first American opera on American themes, is performed for the first time in New…

  • This Week in Princeton History for November 7-13

    In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a member of the Class of 1903 casts his vote, students burn the American flag in protest, and more. November 7, 1955—Today’s issue of Life features Princeton mascot Michael A. Briggs ’57.