US Treasury Guard Flag Double Sided Gold Fringe Sleeve Brass Grommets 3x5 Feet


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United States Treasury Guard 1865 Flag President Abe Lincoln Fords Theater Flag Secret Service American Flag

100% 100D American Historic Flags Highly Collectible Reproduction Abraham Lincolns Ford's Theater

Sleeve grommets brass gold fringe

The Lincoln assassination flags were the five flags which decorated the presidential box of Ford's Theatre, and which were present during John Wilkes Booth's assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, were in this box watching a production of Our American Cousin. Booth's spur was allegedly caught by one of the flags when he began his escape from the theatre and broke his leg; this part of the story, however, is disputed.[1] Three of the flags were American flags and the other two were Treasury Guard flags. According to Civil War historians, three of these five original flags are currently accounted for.[2]

Hours before Lincoln's arrival at Ford's Theatre, theater owner, James R. Ford sent workers to find flags for the presidential box. The two Treasury Guard flags are from the United States Department of the Treasury, where they were returned the day after Lincoln's assassination.[2] (All five flags were removed after Lincoln was shot to prevent "souvenir hunters" from stealing them.)[3] After their return, the two Treasury Guard flags were displayed in parades honoring Civil War veterans and at the inauguration of President Andrew Johnson.[2]

One of the Treasury Guard flags, which is on display at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History in Hartford, Connecticut, contains thirteen alternating red and white stripes and a blue canton with an oil painted eagle and 35 stars. The canton contains the words "Presented to Treasury Guard Regt. by the Ladies of the Treasury Dept. 1864." Experts agree that this flag was positioned on a pole to the left of Lincoln in the presidential booth. The flag is six-feet-square and made of silk.[3]

 

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