Presidio Moraga Room, Memorial Day 2003 Flag Display

U.S. Trapunto Banner With Naval Symbols. This souvenir trapunto features U.S. flags, an anchor, a life-preserver and two fierce-looking Chinese Dragons. The eagle is attacking one of the dragons, suggesting that this piece dates from 1900 and the suppression of the Boxers in Peking.

Silk, silk thread, hand stitched. Thirteen red and white alternating stripes, top stripe red, bottom stripe red. Union/canton 11 inches w. x 11.75 inches h. with 20 stars, 1 inch across, crocheted on the obverse and reverse sides. Hand Crocheted circa 1941 wool - Baltimore, Md. Framed (outside dimensions 26 x 40). Exhibition Histo[...]

15 stars & 15 Stripes replica flag, 1912-1914 This flag is a small wool replica modeled after the flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812.

37 Star U.S. Flag laid upon President Lincoln's casket in Philadelphia, PA 1865. On April of 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Southern sympathizer in revenge for the Northern triumph over the South. A shocked and stunned country embraced their martyred President as never before.

U.S. Army Infantry Guidon, Co. F, 75th Infantry - First "Ranger" This is a first issue guidon of the US Army Rangers. Its design is based on U.S. Army "Model 1931" Infantry Company Guidon, Company F, 75th U.S. Infantry. The origin of the 75th Rangers was "Merrill's Marauders" of WWII, who fought the Japanese Army in Burma.

U.S. Army Co. L, 139th Infantry Guidon During, and after WWI flags were no longer used tactically, due to the covert nature of trench warfare. Guidons were then relegated for ceremonial usage by all Army units. In 1931 the smaller parade guidon was introduced. It bears two muskets crossed on a blue field, and remains in use by the US Army.

U.S. 13 Stars Flag, Commemorative Historic Centennial Pattern, 1876 This particular flag, is thought to date from the centennial celebration of 1876. The triangular star arrangement within the circle of stars may refer to the unfinished pyramid on the reverse of the U.S. coat of arms or it may be a religious symbol for the Holy Trinity.

26 Star U.S. Flag - "Gildersleeve Meteor Flag". Boleslaw Mastai attributed fanciful names to star patterns appearing on his flags. Most of these names are not known to have been used historically. He called this the "Gildersleeve Comet Flag" or the "Shooting Star Flag" and saw it as rushing headlong into space, trailing its stars of glory.

30-star U.S. Flag commemorating Wisconsin Statehood, May 28, 1848. This 30-star United States flag came into official existence on July 4th, 1848 when, in accordance with the Flag Act of 1818, Wisconsin's admission to the Union was recognized in the country's flag.

37 Star U.S. Flag "EQUAL TAXATION", Democratic Party 1868. The concept of equal taxation was a contentious a national issue in the mid 19th century. This flag was used to promote either a political position or candidate by associating the Equal Taxation concept with the national flag

13 Star U.S Revenue Marine Ensign & Custom House Flag 1871. This flag was implemented in August 1, 1799, when the Secretary of the Treasury issued an order announcing that the new ensign would consist of 16 vertical stripes, alternating red and white, corresponding to the number of states comprising the Union by 1799.

33 Star U.S. Flag - Dodge Family Flag from the Oregon Trail. This all-cotton U.S. flag bears its 33 stars in the form of two concentric circles in the canton. They may have symbolized the eternal nature of the federal union during that era of the threatened secession.

13 Star U.S. Revenue Marine Ensign & Custom House Flag 1894. Oliver Wolcott was given the honor of conceiving a new ensign. On 1799 he presented his design to President Adams. Wolcott's concept consisted of an ensign of 16 vertical stripes, alternating red and white, corresponding to the number of states comprising the Union by 1799.

U.S. Disabled American Veterans Color. Numerous Chinese-Americans from the San Francisco area served in the Armed Forces during World War II. Like many proud veterans, in the post-War years they formed their own patriotic and social organization, which displayed this flag at their meeting hall.

United States Vice Presidential Flag, 1948-1975. This design was in use by the office of the Vice president from 1948-1975. The flag was presented to the Calvin Bullock Forum, of New York City, by one of three Vice Presidents who spoke there: Richard M. Nixon, Hubert H. Humphrey, Gerald R. Ford, or John D. Rockefeller.

Greece State & War Flag - U.S. made for Prime Minister of Government in Exile, 1941-1944. - This Greek State and War Flag was presented to Mr. Calvin Bullock by the Prime Minister of Greece, during WWII, when the Greeks maintained a government-in-exile.

34 Star Grand Luminary Flag used in President Lincoln's Funeral. After his assassination a funeral cortege by railroad was planned. At each stop his body would lay in state so that the nation might mourn its fallen martyr. This flag was flying when Lincoln's funeral train arrived at Albany on the tracks of the NY Central Railroad.

U.S. Naval Trapunto. This is an embroidered U.S. naval trapunto featuring American eagle, with arrows and olive branches perched on an upright anchor flanked by a United States flag, an American shield and scroll with E Pluribus Unum, from the early 1900s.