Flag for the Veterans Reunion of the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry | National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Created by: Unidentified
Used by: 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, American, 1898 - 1899
Subject of: Brigadier General Young, Charles, American, 1864 - 1922

Date: 1912-1959

Medium: ink on cotton
Dimensions: H x W: 11 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (29.5 × 40 cm)

Description: A United States 48-star flag used at veteran's reunions of the \9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry battalion, who served in the Spanish-American War under then Major Charles Young. The flag is made of white cotton printed in blue and red ink on the recto and verso. Printed in black ink on the recto only within the top four (4) white stripes is the text: "VETERANS REUNION / 9th BATT. O.V.I. / MAJ. CHAS. YOUNG / COMMANDING".

Place used: United States, North and Central America

Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Textiles and Quilts

Type: flags

Topic: Men; Military; Segregation; Slavery; Spanish-American War, 1898; United States History

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2013.196.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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