 ONE OF THE TWO EARLIEST KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE FLAG OF THE REVENUE MARINE (a.k.a., REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE), WITH A HAND-PAINTED EAGLE, AN ARCH OF 13 BLUE-PAINTED STARS, HAVING GREAT FOLK QUALITIES, AND 13 VERTICAL STRIPES, LATE 1830’s-1860
 SUFFRAGE "BLUE BIRD": ENAMELED TIN SIGN, COMMISSIONED BY GERTRUDE LEONARD & TERESA CROWLEY FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, FOR ITS EASTERN CAMPAIGN, 1915
 CONFEDERATE 1ST NATIONAL PATTERN FLAG (A.K.A., "STARS & BARS"), A HOMEMADE, SILK EXAMPLE WITH 7 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS, LIKELY MADE POST WAR, circa 1870-1880’s, TO COMMEMORATE THE FIRST WAVE OF SECESSION
 "A NATION'S LOSS": SILK, 1865, ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOURNING RIBBON IN AN ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE PORTRAIT DESIGN
 38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION, MADE BY THE U.S. BUNTING COMPANY IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, REFLECTS THE ERA OF COLORADO STATEHOOD, circa 1876-1889
 49 STAR AMERICAN FLAG IN A SMALL SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS WITH PIECED AND SEWN CONSTRUCTION, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF ALASKA IN 1959, OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR; EXHIBITED JUNE-SEPTEMBER, 2021 AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
 SMALL PARADE FLAG IN A RECTANGULAR, SOUTHERN CROSS FORM OF THE CONFEDERATE “BATTLE FLAG”, MADE FOR THE LAST REUNION OF UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS (U.C.V.) IN 1951, AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ACCOMPANIED BY A U.S.P.S. FIRST DAY COVER AND (2) 3-CENT STAMPS, PRODUCED TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENT
 13 STARS IN A MEDALLION PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) AND THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, WITH A BEAUTIFUL, CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON AND IN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, MADE BETWEEN THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) AND THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, FEATURING THREE SIZES OF WHIMSICALLY SHAPED STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION
 13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION OF STARS; A SMALL-SCALE EXAMPLE, MADE CIRCA 1895-1926, INSCRIBED “RoBT SCOTT” ALONG THE HOIST WITH A DIP PEN, SEEMINGLY BY A CHILD
 35 STARS, PROBABLY A CIVIL WAR CAMP COLORS, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD, 1863-1865, ONE OF A TINY HANDFUL OF PRESS-DYED WOOL FLAGS WITH A RANDOM CONFIGURATION OF STARS
 STEVENGRAPH RIBBON WITH AN IMAGE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, CA 1901-1912
 EXTREMELY RARE PILLOW COVER, WITH ROOSEVELT "TEDDY BEARS" CARRYING A LYNX, MADE TO COMMMEMORATE HIS SUCCESSFUL SETTLEMENT OF A LAND DISPUTE FOLLOWING THE YUKON / KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH
 8 STARS WITH WHIMSICAL PROFILES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, MADE TO REFLECT CONFEDERATE SYMPATHIES, DENOTES VIRGINIA SECESSION IN 1861, EXTREMELY SCARCE
 8 STARS WITH WHIMSICAL PROFILES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, MADE TO REFLECT CONFEDERATE SYMPATHIES, DENOTES VIRGINIA SECESSION IN 1861, EXTREMELY SCARCE
 ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH 41 STARS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, AMONG THE MOST RARE EXAMPLES OF THE 19th CENTURY, ACCURATE FOR JUST 3 DAYS; REFLECTS MONTANA STATEHOOD, circa 1889; ILLUSTRATED IN “THE STARS & STRIPES: FABRIC OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT” by RICHARD PIERCE, 2005
 49 STARS ON A VINTAGE, HOMEMADE AMERICAN FLAG WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE AND NUMEROUS REPAIRS FORM OBVIOUS LONG-TERM USE; REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF ALASKA IN 1959; OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR
 LARGE AND EXCEPTIONALLY GRAPHIC BROADSIDE FROM AN ALBANY, NEW YORK NEWSPAPER, WITH GREAT VERBIAGE, ANNOUNCING THE 1864 RE-ELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE ONLY COPY I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED
 RARE KERCHIEF MADE FOR THE 1888 CAMPAIGN OF REPUBLICAN BENJAMIN HARRISON, WITH THE IMAGES OF A BALD EAGLE ON A NEST WITH EAGLETS
 EXTREMELY LARGE STEVENSGRAPH BOOKMARK WITH AN IMAGE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MADE IN NEW JERSEY BY THE PHOENIX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, EITHER FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN PHILADELPHIA, OR THE 1893 WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPO IN CHICAGO
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