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"The flag still floats unblotted by defeat! But ah! the blood that keeps its ripples red, The starry lines that keep its field alight Speak of Liberty and Freedom, always right."

Letter addressed to Marian Shaw in Ironwood Michigan.

Rupert Hughes (1872—1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes, Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howard R. Hughes, Jr. His three volume scholarly biography of George Washington broke new ground in demythologizing Washington and was well received by historians. A staunch anti-Communist, in the 1940s he served as president of the American Writers Association, a group of anti-Communist writers.[1]