Flag
- Object Name:
- Flag
- Object ID:
- 1995.575.01
- Creator:
- Hill, Emma S. (1848-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1865
- Description:
- Flags. United States. Two flags, framed together, commemorating end of Civil War and assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Each flag has 13 stars and is attached to a wooden staff and mounted (with thread) on gray cardboard. Each flag is bordered with black fabric and has two long pieces of fabric, one white and one black, attached to top corner at staff. Left flag is inscribed in pencil, "LEE / SURRENDERED / APRIL 10th 1865." Handwritten note attached to lower left corner of cardboard: "These flags were carried / at the rejoicing when / Gen. Lee surrendered, / and draped in mourning / at the time of Abraham / Lincolns assassination. / Emma S. Hill". Wooden backboard.
- Material:
- Textile
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-10.5 W-13.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Flags, Civil War, Assassinations, Surrenders, Mourning
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