 EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PATRIOTIC POSTER ENTITLED “WE THE PEOPLE,” BY HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1873-1952), PRODUCED IN 1937 FOR THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, SIGNED BY SENATOR ROBERT C. BYRD, THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF CONGRESS
 ONE OF THE TWO EARLIEST KNOWN FLAGS IN THE DESIGN PRESENTED BY CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA, FORMER MEMBER OF THE SONS OF LIBERTY, DELEGATE TO THE CONTINANTAL CONGRESS, AND CHAIR OF THE MARINE COMMITTEE, SUGGESTING IT BECOME THE “STANDARD OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL U.S. NAVY,” BETTER KNOWN AS THE "GADSDEN FLAG;" PRINTED ON GLAZED, SAFFRON YELLOW COTTON, ATTRIBUTED TO PRINTER JOHN M. EASTERBY OF NEW YORK AND SOUTH CAROLINA, circa 1860 (POSSIBLY PRIOR)
 48 STAR FLAG OF THE WWII ERA, WITH ATTRACTIVE WEAR FROM BEING EXTENSIVELY FLOWN, MADE BY THE ANNIN COMPANY OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY
 BOLDLY GRAPHIC AND UNUSUAL STARS & STRIPES PENNANT FROM THE ‘MARCH ON WASHINGTON’ OF AUGUST 28TH, 1963, WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING DELIVERED HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH
 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN STARS IN AN 8-7-8-7-8 PATTERN OF JUSTIFIED ROWS, MADE IN THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889
 36 STAR FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA WITH AN EXTREMELY SCARCE STAR CONFIGURATION THAT DISPLAYS A “U” FOR UNION, NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-1867
 EXTRAORDINARY KERCHIEF COMMEMORATING THE RETURN OF LAFAYETTE TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1824, PRESENTLY ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, ATTRIBUTED TO SCOTTISH-AMERICAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURER COLIN GILLESPIE
 29 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A DOUBLE-WREATH STYLE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, MEXICAN WAR ERA, 1846-48; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF IOWA AS THE 29TH STATE
 “THE MAN WITH A HEART, THE PARTY WITH A SOUL”: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT POSTER, MADE FOR HIS 1936 PRESIDENTIAL RUN, THE BEST OF ALL KNOWN EXAMPLES ACROSS ALL FOUR OF THE FDR CAMPAIGNS, EXTREMELY RARE AND WITH WHAT IS PERHAPS THE BEST SLOGAN IN 19TH OR 20TH AMERICAN POLITICS
 44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY SMALL SCALE AMONG ITS PIECED-AND-SEWN COUNTERPARTS, REFLECTS WYOMING STATEHOOD, 1890-1896
 STEVENSGRAPH BOOKMARK / RIBBON WITH TEXT MOURNING THE DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS PORTRAIT, MADE BY THOMAS STEVENS, WHO INVENTED THE PROCESS BY WHICH THESE WERE PRODUCED, circa 1865-1876
 7 STAR, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, U.S. NAVY COMMISSION PENNANT OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, THE SMALLEST, MID-19TH CENTURY EXAMPLE I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED, AND THE ONLY PRE-1900 EXAMPLE THAT I KNOW OF IN THIS STAR COUNT, circa 1861-1865
 44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE LINEAL ARRANGEMENT OF STARS IN ROWS OF 9-9-9-9-8, A ROPE HOIST, AN ELONGATED OVERALL PROFILE, AND AN ELONGATED CANTON; REFLECTS WYOMING STATEHOOD, 1890-1896
 GRAPHIC BANNER WELCOMING JOHN F. KENNEDY AS JUNIOR SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS, WITH NEIGHING DEMOCRAT DONKEY AND GLITTERED LETTERING, 1953-1960, SINGULAR AMONG KNOWN OBJECTS; SAID TO HAVE BEEN HUNG FROM A BRIDGE IN TROY, NEW YORK, TO WELCOME HIM TO THE CITY, DURING HIS 1960 CAMPAIGN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
 36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH CANTED STARS IN DANCING ROWS, ON A BEAUTIFUL, CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON; CIVIL WAR ERA, NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-1867
 34 STARS IN A "GREAT STAR" PATTERN ON A BRILLIANT, ROYAL BLUE CANTON, OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-63, KANSAS STATEHOOD
 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN OFF-BALANCE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, ON A BRILLIANT BLUE CANTON, MADE IN THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889
 42 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A WAVE CONFIGURATION OF LINEAL COLUMNS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT THAT REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, circa 1889-1890
 38 STARS IN A RARE CIRCLE-IN-A-SQUARE MEDALLION WITH A HUGE CENTER STAR, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY HORSTMANN BROS. IN PHILADELPHIA FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF COLORADO TO THE UNION
 7 STARS IN A RARE HEXAGON MEDALLION, REFLECTS THE THE FIRST 7 STATES TO APPROVE THE PROVISIONAL CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION, IN THE INITIAL WAVE OF SECESSION; THE 7TH OF THESE WAS TEXAS; A WAR-PERIOD EXAMPLE, CIRCA 1861
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