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| Exhibition Copy | First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC1241) GRAND LUMINARY 34-STAR UNITED STATES FLAG Date: 1861-1865 Media: Wool bunting with cotton stars; machine sewn except hand sewn stars Comment: After Lincoln's assassination and death, on April 14th and 15th, 1865, an elaborate funeral cortge by railroad was planned. Not only would he be honored in Washington where he had died and Springfield, Illinois where he had had his law practice, but at all of the stops that he had made on his journey east in 1861 including stops in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, New York City, Albany, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Chicago. At each stop his body would lay in state so that the nation might mourn its fallen martyr. This flag, made in 1861 by J. Disney of Albany, New York still was flying when Lincoln's funeral train arrived at Albany on the tracks of the New York Central Railroad on April 26th, 1865. After the passage of the funeral procession, a day later, the station master of the railroad at Albany lowered this flag for the last time and took it home with him as a souvenir of the passage. It was retained by his family for three generations. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC1241) in 1999 from James Burrus; initially acquired by the Hannibal (Missouri) Museum from antique dealer Paul Milikan in the mid-1980s. Special Memorial Day Display Suspended from ceiling of Moraga Room. Presidio of San Francisco's Officers Club Memorial Day 2003 34-Star Grand Luminary United States Flag Date: 1861 (year of manufacture) to 1865 (official on 4 July 1861 subsequent to Kansas admission to statehood 29 January 1861) Comment: Symbolizing the national motto E Pluribus Unum (from many, one), the 34 stars in the canton of this large U.S. flag made by J. Disney of Albany, New York, form a large five-pointed star. This flag flew daily at the train depot in Albany, New York, until April of 1865 when it was hauled down by the stationmaster after Lincoln's funeral cortege passed through Albany as it retraced the route Lincoln had taken on his way to his inauguration in 1861. Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC1241) in 1999 from James Burrus, who acquired it from a museum in Hannibal, Missouri Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 - Gallery III (ZFC1241) 38-Star Grand Luminary United States Flag Date: 1861-1865 38 Stars: July 4, 1861-July 3, 1863 (Kansas statehood January 29, 1861) Media: Wool bunting with cotton stars; machine-sewn except hand-sewn stars Comment: After Lincoln's assassination on April 14-15, 1865, an elaborate funeral cortege by railroad was planned to return his body to Springfield, Illinois. Not only was he honored in Washington where he had died and in Springfield, Illinois, where he had had his home and law practice, but at all of the stops that he had made on his journey east in 1861to assume the presidency. That included stops in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, New York City, Albany, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Chicago. At each his body lay in state so that the nation might mourn its fallen martyr. This flag, made in 1861 by J. Disney of Albany, New York, was still flying when Lincoln's funeral train arrived at Albany on the New York Central Railroad on April 26, 1865. A day after the passage of the funeral procession, the stationmaster of the railroad at Albany lowered this flag for the last time and took it home with him as a souvenir of the passage. It was retained by his family for three generations. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC1241) in 1999 from James Burrus; initially acquired by the Hannibal (Missouri) Museum from antique dealer Paul Milikan in the mid-1980s. Presidential Debate Washington University at St. Louis October, 2004 (ZFC1241) 34-Star United States Flag Abraham Lincoln Funeral Flag (18611863) After Lincoln's assassination in 1865, his body was transported by train from Washington, D.C. to his home in Springfield, Illinois. There were many stops along the way. This flag flew over the railroad depot in Albany, New York when the funeral train arrived to place the slain presidents body in the State Capitol rotunda on April 25th. After the train departed the station master lowered and retired the flag. It was not flown again until an exhibition at the Presidio of San Francisco in 2003. Lincoln's assassination symbolically marked the end of the American Civil War. The Grand Luminary design was enormously popular throughout the mid 19th century. |
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| Publication Copy | Crump, Anne, David Studarus, photographer, "A Grand Old Obsession." American Spirit: Daughters of the American revolution Magazine: July/August 2003: P.19 (Illustrated). Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, p. 143. 34-Star Grand Luminary President Abraham Lincoln Funeral Flag, Albany, N.Y. I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world...But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle...I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it...I did not expect to be called upon to say a word when I came here. I suppose it was merely to do something toward raising the flagI have said nothing but what I am willing to live by and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, die by. President-Elect Lincoln Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861 Date: 1861 1865 Size: 124" hoist x 175" fly Media: Wool bunting; machine-sewn with hand-sewn cotton stars Provenance: Acquired by Ben Zaricor from Louise Veninga, who acquired in 1999 from James Burrus, previously in the Museum of Space and History in Hannibal, Missouri. ZFC1241 |
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