 15 STARS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY ARRANGEMENT THAT CONSISTS OF AN OVAL WREATH OF 11, SURROUNDING A SQUARE OF 4; A UNIQUE & ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE WITH SOUTHERN SYMPATHIES, REMOVING THE FREE STATES FROM THE STAR COUNT, LIKELY circa 1861:
 13 STARS IN THE 4-5-4 PATTERN ON AN ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, OR JUST PRIOR, circa 1854-1864, WITH HEMP ROPE AND A SINGLE TASSEL; PROBABLY A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN; SIGNED “JENNIE B. SEAVER,” NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
 45 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN A SMALL AND DESIRABLE SCALE AMONG THOSE OF THE PERIOD WITH PIECED AND SEWN CONSTRUCTION, OFFICIAL FROM 1896-1908; MARKED ‘STANDARD”; SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA, REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN UTAH WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION
 ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG / BANNER WITH A STANDING PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON & HIS HORSE, “BLUESKIN,” SET WITHIN AN OVAL WINDOW, ON A GROUND OF RED & WHITE STRIPES, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE BY S.H. GREENE & SONS OF WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND
 THE PERSONAL HEADQUARTERS FLAG OF PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN FROM THE SPRING - SUMMER OF 1862, WHEN HE LED THE 2ND MICHIGAN CAVALRY WITH GREAT EFFECT AND ROSE FROM CAPTAIN TO MAJOR GENERAL
 EXCEPTIONAL 1960 JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POSTER WITH “A TIME FOR GREATNESS” SLOGAN
 ELABORATE SILK BANNER WITH GILDED TEXT, SPECTACULAR BULLION TRIM, AND A BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED RENDITION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S ‘PRAYER AT VALLEY FORGE,’ MADE FOR THE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER OF THE PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERICA FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION, IN 1901, BY ESTEEMED FLAG-MAKER LOUIS E. STILZ & BROTHERS
 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR ORIENTATION, MADE OF SILK, WITH GENEROUS SCALE AND VIVID COLORS, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
 33 STARS ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A "GREAT STAR" CONFIGURATION ON A BRILLIANT, INDIGO BLUE CANTON, A RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE, PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR, 1859-1861, OREGON STATEHOOD
 26 STAR AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, MADE FOR THE 1844 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF HENRY CLAY AND THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, WITH CLAY’S PORTRAIT SET WITHIN AN OAK LEAF & GEAR COG MEDALLION AND THE RARE PRESENCE OF SUCCESSFUL DELAWARE COATTAIL CANDIDATES STOCKTON & HOUSTON
 13 STARS IN A MEDALLION PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, IN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS; FORMERLY IN THE MASTAI COLLECTION, MARKED IN THEIR TRADITIONAL FASHION
 13 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, ON A SMALL-SCALE ANTIQUE AMERICA FLAG MADE DURING THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19th CENTURY
 1876 CENTENNIAL STEVENSGRAPH BOOKMARK, WITH AN EXPERTLY EMBROIDERED RENDERING OF THE PAINTING OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BY THE ‘PARTY OF FIVE,” BY JOHN TRUMBULL
 ELABORATE SAILOR’S SOUVENIR EMBROIDERY FROM THE ORIENT WITH A BEAUTIFUL HAND-PAINTED IMAGE OF WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE, SURROUNDED BY A LARGE EAGLE, FEDERAL SHIELD, CROSSED FLAGS, A CANNON, CANNONBALLS, AND ANCHOR, circa 1885-1910
 38 STARS, COLORADO STATEHOOD, A SCARCE AND BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION PATTERN AND 4 LARGE CORNER STARS, PRESS-DYED ON WOOL BUNTING, MADE BY HORSTMANN BROTHERS IN PHILADELPHIA FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF OUR NATION’S INDEPENDENCE
 PAIR OF EXTRAORDINARILY EARLY (1806) PRINTED LINEN KERCHIEFS GLORIFYING GEORGE WASHINGTON, GERMANTOWN PRINT WORKS, GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
 36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, WITH STARS THAT ALTERNATE IN THEIR VERTICAL POSITION FROM COLUMN TO COLUMN AND ROW-TO-ROW, PRINTED ON AN ESPECIALLY INTERESTING LENGTH OF COARSE COTTON WITH A CRUDE WEAVE THAT RESULTS IN A VISUALLY COMPELLING APPEARANCE; CIVIL WAR ERA, NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-1867
 13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN ON A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN OF THE CENTENNIAL ERA, MADE circa 1870-1882, IN A VARIANT OF THE SMALLEST REGULATION SIZE
 SWALLOW-TAILED PARADE FLAG / PENNANT WITH “1776 CENTENNIAL 1876” SET WITHIN A SUNBURNT, RED-ORANGE, EGG-SHAPED WINDOW, WITHIN A BLUE BORDER WITH 37 STARS; AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE, MADE TO CELEBRATE THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
 EXTRAORDINARILY EARLY (1806) PRINTED LINEN KERCHIEF GLORIFYING GEORGE WASHINGTON, GERMANTOWN PRINT WORKS, GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA; EXHIBITED JANUARY – AUGUST, 2023 AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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