Flag
- Object Name:
- Flag
- Object ID:
- 2008.021
- Date:
- 1915
- Description:
- American flag, printed silk, used at funeral of Isaac Sawyer Hill (1841-1915) of Deerfield, NH. 48 white stars on blue field. Seven red stripes and six white stripes. Gold and black lettering painted on red stripes: "In Memoriam / POST 47, G.A.R." Screen printed with hand lettering. Letters were added later.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-32 L-46 inches
- Provenance:
- Used at funeral of Isaac Sawyer Hill (1841-1915), who was born in Deerfield, NH. He served in Company D, 9th NH Regiment, during the Civil War. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Given to the donor by the late Lucinda Leary Barnard of Bellows Falls, VT, a descendant of Isaac Sawyer Hill. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Louise F. Luring, from the collection of Lucinda Leary Barnard
- People:
- Hill, Isaac Sawyer (1841-1915)
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