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Exhibition History First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC1444) GRAND LUMINARY TWENTY-EIGHT-STAR UNITED STATES NATIONAL COLOR Date: 1846 Medium: Silk with painted stars; all hand sewn Comment: This United States National Color was prepared by the ladies of New Orleans in 1846 in appreciation for what the 4th Regiment Louisiana Militia did during the Battle of New Orleans in 1814. The Regiment had been organized for service in Mexico, but it was disbanded before it saw any combat, and the commanding colonel took the flag home with him when his unit was mustered out. As was popular during the era, the twenty-eight-stars of this flag are painted in gold paint on the canton in the form of a single large star a grand luminary. The ladies who prepared it ignored or were unaware of the official regulations for the preparation of Army Colors, as it is smaller than the nearly six foot square size required by regulations. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC1444) in 1997 from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD. Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 Gallery II (ZFC1444) 28-Star Grand Luminary United States National Color Date: 1846 28 Stars: July 4, 1846-July 3, 1847 (Texas statehood December 29, 1845) Medium: Silk with painted stars; hand-sewn Comment: This United States national color was prepared by the ladies of New Orleans in 1846 in appreciation for what the 4th Regiment Louisiana Militia had done during the Battle of New Orleans in 1814. The regiment was organized for service in Mexico during the 1846-1848 war, but it was disbanded before seeing any combat. As often happened in that era, the commanding colonel simply took the flag home with him when his unit was mustered out. The 28 stars of this flag are painted in gold, as was common then. They form a single large star or Grand Luminary in the canton of the flag. The women who prepared it ignoredor more likely were unaware of the official regulations for the preparation of Army colors, this flag being smaller than the nearly six-foot-square size required by those specifications. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC1444) in 1997 from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD.

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Publication Copy	Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, pp. 44-45. 28-Star Grand Luminary United States National Color. This United States national color was prepared by the ladies of New Orleans in May of 1846 for the 4th Regiment Louisiana Militia. The regiment, known as the Montezuma Regiment, was organized for service in Mexico during 1846, but it was disbanded after only six months before seeing any combat. As often happened in that era, the unit commander, Colonel Horatio Davis, simply took the flag home with him when his unit was mustered out of service. Colonel (later General) Horatio Davis was born on the ship Guerrire, and his father, Samuel B. Davis, had been a War of 1812 Old Defender who had participated in the defense of Baltimore in 1814. The 28 stars of this flag are painted in gold, as was common then. They form a single large star or Grand Luminary in the canton of the flag. The women who prepared it ignored or more likely were unaware ofthe official regulations for the preparation of Army colors, this flag being smaller than the nearly six-foot-square size required by those specifications. This fragile silk flag is devoid of color and severely damaged on the fly and bottom white stripe. In the process of conserving the flag, they have been encapsulated to represent the flags original appearance. This flag was made for service in the Mexican- American War, during the presidency of James K. Polk. The first U.S. postage stamps were issued in 1846 and the same year the Oregon Treaty drew a border between British and American claims to territory in the Northwest. Date: 1846 Size: 46.5" hoist x 80" fly 28 Stars: July 4, 1846 July 3, 1847 (Texas statehood December 29, 1845) Medium: Silk with painted stars; hand-sewn Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 1997 from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD. ZFC1444
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