FLAG DISPLAY AT GNMP FEB. 16

[CWDF]

The Civil War Dance Foundation will present its annual display "Colors of the Blue: The Flags of the Union Army" at the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center, 10AM to 4PM, Saturday, February 16. This display will include reproductions of the most common flags of the Union Army's infantry, cavalry, and artillery units, and the flags designating corps, division and brigade commanders. This is an opportunity for park visitors to see these flags in all their glory. The display will also include artifacts from the July 4, 1866, "Return of the Colors" ceremony when the Pennsylvania units returned their flags to the state in a ceremony at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Included among the relics are a souvenir flag carried by war orphans who marched in the parade (perhaps the only surviving example) and a bronze version of a gold medal presented to Maj. Gen. George Meade. The bronze medals were given to other officers who served in the Civil War. Throughout the day, Dr. Lawrence Keener-Farley, retired Director of Education at the National Civil War Museum and now a GNMP Volunteer Historian, will present brief talks on the flags and answer questions.

See
www.gettysburgfoundation.org/https/www-gettysburgfoundation-org/who-we-are/news/2019-news/flags-of-the-union-army-on-display-at-Gettysburg

 

[Mike Serpa]

Now is the time to confess: I never knew there is a Civil War Dance Foundation.