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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flag
Object name
Flag
Date
1915
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 38 1/2 x 57 in. ( 97.8 x 144.8 cm )
Description
Silk U.S. flag with forty-eight white embroidered stars in the blue canton (six rows of eight stars); thirteen red and white stripes; gold fringe trim around the three edges of the fly; three cream silk ribbons sewn to the hoist.
Credit Line
Gift of the Daughters of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, through Mrs. E. K. Waterbury, Treasurer
Object Number
1944.118a
Gallery Label
This U.S. flag was given to the Daughters of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of New York by Ulysses S. Grant Post 327 of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), Brooklyn, N.Y. on April 20, 1915.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
