Patriots Week - Civil War Flag Unveiling

Wed Dec 28, 2022
10:00am to 11:00am ET
Age: 10+
Price: Free
Location:
New Jersey State Museum
(609) 292-6464
205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ, 08608
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Join flag historian Dr. David Martin, Curator of Cultural History Nicholas Ciotola, and members of the New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association for the history of five new flags to be unveiled in the exhibition, The Civil War Flag Collection of New Jersey.

This rotation includes a late-war national flag with hand-painted battle honors belonging to the 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, a rare artillery swallowtail flag or guidon, and a presentation flag of the 23rd New Jersey donated to the regiment by the “Sunday School Army” of Burlington County.In the American Civil War, flags guided troops into battle and served as patriotic icons of honor and pride. 

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