Tensas Parish History
Submitted to the USGENWEB Archives Project by 
Edith Ziegler JAN 2002

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Stars and Stripes by Josiah P. Scott                
Extracted from the Tensas Gazette of July 18, 1941

Stars and Stripes Wave at St. Joseph
    Messrs. Nicolina Bruno and Gasper Bruno of St. Joseph have 
erected a steel flag staff on their lot, corner Highway 65, and 
attached a U.S. flag, which a town employee raises each morning 
at sun-up and lowers at sun-down.  Aside from the Joseph M. 
Davidson memorial at the local high school, including a 60 foot 
flag staff from which a flag is flown daily, between sun and sun, 
during school session, the flag staff erected by Bruno brothers 
is the only one in town.   However, a flag is raised daily at the 
post office flying from roof of building, and a flag is likewise 
displayed daily from office of Young & Watson, at Court House 
square.  In 1918, when the United States declared war against 
Germany, the Police Jury erected a 60 ft pole in front of Court 
House, each morning at sun-up raising 1 12x20 flag.  Decaying 
with age this pole has long since been taken down, and the flag 
likewise went to pieces.  Should the United States find necessary 
to enter the war now prevailing we guess a new flag staff will be 
raised in front of the Court House.