 ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH “VIRGINIA" PAINTED ACROSS THE STRIPED FIELD & 31 STARS ARRANGED IN A FORM OF THE “GREAT STAR” PATTERN; PART OF A GROUP REPRESENTING STATES & TERRITORIES, DISPLAYED AT THE 1860 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO (A.K.A. THE WIGWAM COVENTION), WHERE ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS SELECTED FROM THE 3RD BALLOT TO BECOME THE PARTY’S FIRST SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE; FOUND IN MIDDLETOWN, NY AMONG THE EFFECTS OF WHIG / REPUBLICAN PARTY ORGANIZER HALSTEAD SWEET
 30 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH A DOUBLE-WREATH STYLE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR, WISCONSIN STATEHOOD, 1848-1850
 13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS AND EXPERTLY HAND-SEWN STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE IN PHILADELPHIA BY SARAH M. WILSON, GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF BETSY ROSS, SIGNED & DATED 1910; THE LARGEST KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THIS VARIETY, MADE AND SOLD TO TOURISTS AT INDEPENDENCE HALL
 13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS AND EXPERTLY HAND-SEWN STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE IN PHILADELPHIA BY RACHEL ALBRIGHT, GRANDDAUGHTER OF BETSY ROSS, SIGNED & DATED 1903
 EXTRAORDINARY, HOMEMADE, 33 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS, MADE OF SILK AND EXPERTLY HAND-SEWN THROUGHOUT, WITH UNUSUAL EMBROIDERED STARS IN A DOUBLE WREATH STYLE MEDALLION; LIKELY MADE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN WHICH LINCOLN WON THE WHITE HOUSE; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF OREGON IN 1859, OFFICIAL FROM THAT YEAR UNTIL 1861, PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR’S OPENING YEAR
 CONFEDERATE BIBLE FLAG IN THE FIRST NATIONAL FORMAT WITH 11 STARS IN A SINGLE WREATH, MADE OF SILK, PROBABLY TAKEN BY A UNION NAVY MAN DURING THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG WHILE PILOTING THE U.S.S. LILY, A STEAMER TUG CONSCRIPTED INTO SERVICE BY THE U.S. ARMY, FITTED WITH GUNS, TRANSFERRED TO THE NAVY, AND SUNK AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE U.S.S. CHOCTAW, A UNION, IRONCLAD RAM
 1860 ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAMPAIGN PARADE FLAG WITH 33 STARS IN A PENTAGON MEDALLION AND AN INTRIGUING ABBREVIATION OF HIS NAME, ATTRIBUTED TO H.C. HOWARD OF PHILADELPHIA
 ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE FOR THE 1860 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF NORTHERN DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES STEPHEN DOUGLAS & HERSCHEL JOHNSON, WITH 31 STARS CONFIGURED IN A RARE MEDALLION VARIANT THAT FEATURES A TEARDROP-LIKE FORMATION SET WITHIN A CIRCULAR WREATH, THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE IN THIS STYLE
 YELLOW SUFFRAGETTE SASH, MADE FOR CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT'S "WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY" OF NEW YORK CITY, CA 1912-20
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