ZFC Item Section - U.S. 34 Star Parade Flag .

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Exhibition Copy	First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC0176) 34 STAR UNITED STATES PARADE FLAG Date: 1863-1865 Medium: Printed on silk Comment: Before the Civil War, use of the United States flag by the general public had been limited. Major businesses, government buildings, and private ships flew the Stars and Stripes, but except during political campaigns the general public rarely displayed the flag. That changed suddenly after military forces of South Carolina and the Confederacy opened fire on Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, in April 1861. The nation and, by extension, the national flag, had been insulted and physically attacked. Outside the South, essentially the whole public rallied to the Stars and Stripes, such that flag manufacturers found it difficult to keep up with the demand for flags. Defense of the Union and all it stood for was expressed by flag display and the public for the first time clamored to own flags personally. Flags printed either on cotton muslin or the more expensive silk (such as is shown here) were put into widespread production in 1861 and continued to be made in quantity throughout the War. One variety had the stars arranged in the form of two concentric rings around a larger center star and with an additional star in each corner of the canton. The wood block employed to make this flag had originally been cut for a 33-star flag, but the manufacturer modified the star pattern by adding another star in the upper fly corner. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0176) in 1996 from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD An important flag from the Star Spangled Banner Flag House Collection.

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Exhibition Copy

First Presidio Exhibit
(ZFC0176)
34 STAR UNITED STATES PARADE FLAG
Date: 1863-1865
Medium: Printed on silk
Comment: Before the Civil War, use of the United States flag by the general public had been limited. Major businesses, government buildings, and private ships flew the Stars and Stripes, but except during political campaigns the general public rarely displayed the flag. That changed suddenly after military forces of South Carolina and the Confederacy opened fire on Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, in April 1861. The nation and, by extension, the national flag, had been insulted and physically attacked. Outside the South, essentially the whole public rallied to the Stars and Stripes, such that flag manufacturers found it difficult to keep up with the demand for flags.

Defense of the Union and all it stood for was expressed by flag display and the public for the first time clamored to own flags personally. Flags printed either on cotton muslin or the more expensive silk (such as is shown here) were put into widespread production in 1861 and continued to be made in quantity throughout the War. One variety had the stars arranged in the form of two concentric rings around a larger center star and with an additional star in each corner of the canton. The wood block employed to make this flag had originally been cut for a 33-star flag, but the manufacturer modified the star pattern by adding another star in the upper fly corner.
Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0176) in 1996 from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD

An important flag from the Star Spangled Banner Flag House Collection.