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Exhibition Copy

Exhibition Copy Second Presidio Exhibit Program for the Restitution of the Stars & Stripes Over Fort Sumter Both the size and the fact that this flag is fringed suggest that it served as a small flank marker made to indicate the location of an infantry regiments flanks when in line of battle or on parade. Although the star representing Nevadas statehood would not officially be added to the canton of the U.S. flag until July 4th, 1865, Nevada had become the nations thirty-sixth state eight months earlier and a few flag manufacturers recognized that occasion and added its star to the flags they made in the waning days of the Civil War. This flag is delicately made with gilt stars, suggesting that it may have been prepared for one of the units participating in the Grand Review of the Union Army which took place in Washington D.C. on May 24 25, 1865, during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. Unfortunately, no record survives of which unit carried it or precisely when or where it was made. Date: 1865 Size: 6.5" x 8.5" Medium: Printed paper Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 1998 from a rarebook store in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Margolis & Moss) ZFC0751

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Publication Copy

Publication History: Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, Program for the Restitution of the Stars & Stripes Over Fort Sumter Both the size and the fact that this flag is fringed suggest that it served as a small flank marker made to indicate the location of an infantry regiments flanks when in line of battle or on parade. Although the star representing Nevadas statehood would not officially be added to the canton of the U.S. flag until July 4th, 1865, Nevada had become the nations thirty-sixth state eight months earlier and a few flag manufacturers recognized that occasion and added its star to the flags they made in the waning days of the Civil War. This flag is delicately made with gilt stars, suggesting that it may have been prepared for one of the units participating in the Grand Review of the Union Army which took place in Washington D.C. on May 24 25, 1865, during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. Unfortunately, no record survives of which unit carried it or precisely when or where it was made. Date: 1865 Size: 6.5" x 8.5" Medium: Printed paper Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 1998 from a rarebook store in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Margolis & Moss) ZFC0751

Title information is available upon specific request. Additional information available upon request to researchers, writers and others demonstrating special circumstances. In some situations, information may not be available.