U.S. 45 star flag - (Utah statehood 1896)
45-Star silk. Framed (outside dimensions 42.25 x 46.5).
On July 4th, 1896, following Utahs entry into the Union as its forty-fifth state six months before, Americas 45-star flag became official. That flag graced the ships of the countrys new steel navy that two years later was to engage Spanish fleets in the Caribbean Sea and in Pacific Ocean at Manila Harbor. It would be carried by the regular army and the volunteers who served in the brief land campaigns of the Spanish-American War in Cuba,
Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. The flag of 45 stars was also involved in peaceful
international contacts between the United States and the other major powers of the world. Beginning at the turn of the 20th century and over the next decade, for example, numerous international expositions were held throughout the world and in the United States.
The Stars & Stripes was widely displayed and many, purchased by private individuals, were made in decorative silk like this well preserved example. The United States acquired American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Palmyra Island, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Wake Island under the 45-star flag, which saw service during the presidencies of Grover Cleveland, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.


Exhibition History
First Presidio Exhibit

Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 - GALLERY VI

Publication History:

Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, p. 108.







ZFC Noteworthy Flag
Item is framed